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Understanding affirmative action : politics, discrimination, and the search for justice / J. Edward Kellough.
| Author/creator | Kellough, J. Edward |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, ©2006. |
| Description | 191 pages ; 22 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| 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 and against 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-178) and index. |
| LCCN | 2005027243 |
| ISBN | 1589010892 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781589010895 |