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Author:   Samuel Leiter ,  William M. Leiter
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9780791455098

ISBN 10:   0791455092
Pages:   334
Publication Date:   10 October 2002
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments 1. Introduction The Topic A Thumbnail History The Book Remembrance of Things Past Note on Citations Appendix to Chapter One: A Sampler of Federal Affirmative Action Programs Explicitly Mandated or Authorized by Statute or Administrative Regulation 2. The Roots of Affirmative Action, the Women's Movement, and the Groups Covered by Affirmative Action Reconstruction and the Origins of Affirmative Action White Supremacy and the Origins of Disparate Impact The Women's Movement: The First and Second ""Waves"" Which Groups Should Be Eligible for Affirmative Action Benefits? 3. The Career of Affirmative Action in Employment Prologue Title VII and Employment Discrimination The Midcareer of Employment Affirmative Action Hostilities ResumeThe Unresolved Issues of Affirmative Action in Employment Appendixes to Chapter Three Appendix One: Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures Appendix Two: Affirmative Action Guidelines of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Appendix Three: Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs: Affirmative Action Programs 4. Affirmative Action and the Primary and Secondary Schools Prologue The Epochal Brown Ruling Brown's Progeny Recent Scholarship on School Integration The Meaning of Brown I Ethnocentrism, Affirmative Action, and Bilingual Education The Twilight of Public School Racial/Ethnic Balancing, and the Continuing Quest for Reform 5. Affirmative Action in Higher Education Prologue Affirmative Action and Student Admissions: Bakke and the Scholarly Debate Strict Scrutiny and University Admissions: The Hopwood Case The Unresolved Controversy over Nonremedial Affirmative Action The Formerly De Jure Segregated Universities: The Historically Black Colleges and the Traditionally White Institutions Gender Discrimination and Education 6. Affirmative Action and the Political Representation of Minorities The 1965 Voting Rights Act and Its Amendments The ""Racial-Gerrymander"" Cases of the 1990s and the Constitutional Requirements of the Equal Protection Clause Women and Electoral Politics Epilogue 7. Affirmative Action and Fair Housing Prologue Housing Segregation Federal Antidiscrimination Law Affecting Housing Integration Achievement and Maintenance Epilogue 8. Facing Affirmative Action's Future Prologue Affirmative Action as an Instrument of Equal Opportunity: Genesis, Variety, and Uncertainty Central Legal Issues The Ideological Clash A Prelude to Judgment: A Sampler of Distinguished Disputants Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography List and Index of Selected Cases Topical Index Index of Selected Names"

Reviews

""…an evenhanded, comprehensive review and synthesis of the voluminous literature on affirmative action."" — ACADEME ""This book brings together diverse, complex, and normally scattered information regarding affirmative action into one unbiased, easy-to-understand comprehensive volume—a great resource for scholars and students."" — John D. Skrentny, University of California, San Diego

an evenhanded, comprehensive review and synthesis of the voluminous literature on affirmative action. ACADEME This book brings together diverse, complex, and normally scattered information regarding affirmative action into one unbiased, easy-to-understand comprehensive volume a great resource for scholars and students. John D. Skrentny, University of California, San Diego

Author Information

Samuel Leiter is an attorney in private practice, specializing in civil rights and labor law. William M. Leiter is Professor of Political Science at California State University, Long Beach.

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