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For discrimination : race, affirmative action, and the law
- Title
- For discrimination : race, affirmative action, and the law / Randall Kennedy.
- Author
- Kennedy, Randall, 1954-
- Publication
- New York : Pantheon Books, [2013]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | KF4755.5 .K46 2013 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 293 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- What precisely is affirmative action, and why is it fiercely championed by some and just as fiercely denounced by others? Kennedy gives us a concise, gimlet-eyed, and deeply personal conspectus of the policy, refusing to shy away from the myriad complexities of an issue that continues to bedevil American race relations. He accounts for the slipperiness of the term "affirmative action" as it has been appropriated by ideologues of every stripe; delves into the complex and surprising legal history of the policy; analyzes key arguments pro and con advanced by the left and right, and ponders the future of affirmative action.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-281) and index.
- Contents
- Affirmative action in the history of American race relations -- The affirmative action policy debate : the key arguments pro and con -- The color-blindchallenge to affirmative action -- The Supreme Court and affirmative action : the case of higher education -- Reflections on the future of the affirmative action controversy.
- ISBN
- 9780307907370 (hbk.)
- 0307907376 (hbk.)
- LCCN
- 2013001471
- OCLC
- ocn796761652
- SCSB-9692837
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries