Kellough, J. Edward.

Understanding affirmative action politics, discrimination, and the search for justice / [electronic resource] : J. Edward Kellough. - Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2006. - 191p. ; 22 cm.

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.


Electronic reproduction.
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2009.
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Affirmative action programs--Law and legislation--United States.
Affirmative action programs in education--Law and legislation--United States.
Affirmative action programs--United States.


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