Understanding Affirmative Action: Politics, Discrimination, And the Search for Justice |
| Author: J. Edward Kellough
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 703254
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 191
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 1589010892
Dewey Decimal Number: 342.73087
EAN: 9781589010895
ASIN: 1589010892
Publication Date: May 20, 2006
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""Understanding Affirmative Action" serves to fill a critical gap in the literature on affirmative action by giving a developed history of the policy development along with the current status of scholarship on the topic. The book has the potential to become a classic in the field. This book serves as an excellent handbook for those who are active in scholarship concerning affirmative action and an exceptional guide for graduate students and scholars looking to begin work in affirmative action research." - Kenneth J. Meier, Texas A&M University.
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Affirmative Action July 22, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
An excellent review of background for Affirmative Action (AA) programs and issues. It also discusses many contemporary issues surrounding AA and brings in court cases that are relevant.
My students who were against AA to start with thought the book was biased in favor of AA. What could I say? I did ask them what a book about this subject that was more "Fair and Balanced" or a book that was against AA would look like. About all they could bring up is that AA is biased against white people. Maybe it is,somewhat, but I agree with the argument that any bias embedded in AA is intended to make up for eons of bias that closed many professional and even ordinary work fields and educational opportunities to blacks.
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