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Understanding affirmative action [electronic resource] : politics, discrimination, and the search for justice / J. Edward Kellough.

By: Kellough, J. Edward.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2006Description: 191p. ; 22 cm.Subject(s): Affirmative action programs -- Law and legislation -- United States | Affirmative action programs in education -- Law and legislation -- United States | Affirmative action programs -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 342.7308/7 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Affirmative action : the concept and the controversy -- Early efforts focusing on equality of opportunity -- Affirmative action and preferential selection -- Assessing the argument : a review of the case for affirmative action -- The Supreme Court and affirmative action : an examination of the early development of statutory and constitutional constraints -- Cases from 1995 to 2003 : challenges, uncertainty, and the survival of affirmative action -- Evidence on the effectiveness of affirmative action -- Affirmative action in the Twenty-first century.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Affirmative action : the concept and the controversy -- Early efforts focusing on equality of opportunity -- Affirmative action and preferential selection -- Assessing the argument : a review of the case for affirmative action -- The Supreme Court and affirmative action : an examination of the early development of statutory and constitutional constraints -- Cases from 1995 to 2003 : challenges, uncertainty, and the survival of affirmative action -- Evidence on the effectiveness of affirmative action -- Affirmative action in the Twenty-first century.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.