The Ironies of Affirmative Action
Politics, Culture, and Justice in America
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1996
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
978-0-226-76178-7 (ISBN)
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
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Analyzing both the resistance from the Right and the support from the Left, this study brings to light the moral culture that has shaped the affirmative action debate, allowing for starkly different policies for different citizens.
Analyzing both the resistance from the Right and the support from the Left, Skrentny brings to light the moral culture that has shaped the affirmative action debate, allowing for starkly different policies for different citizens. He also shows, through an analysis of historical documents and court rulings, the complex and intriguing political circumstances which gave rise to these controversial policies. By exploring the mystery of how it took less than five years for a colour-blind policy to give way to one that explicitly took race into account, Skrentny uncovers and explains surprising ironies: that affirmative action was largely created by white males and initially championed during the Nixon administration; that many civil rights leaders at first avoided advocacy of racial preferences; and that though originally a political taboo, almost no one resisted affirmative action.
Analyzing both the resistance from the Right and the support from the Left, Skrentny brings to light the moral culture that has shaped the affirmative action debate, allowing for starkly different policies for different citizens. He also shows, through an analysis of historical documents and court rulings, the complex and intriguing political circumstances which gave rise to these controversial policies. By exploring the mystery of how it took less than five years for a colour-blind policy to give way to one that explicitly took race into account, Skrentny uncovers and explains surprising ironies: that affirmative action was largely created by white males and initially championed during the Nixon administration; that many civil rights leaders at first avoided advocacy of racial preferences; and that though originally a political taboo, almost no one resisted affirmative action.
John David Skrentny is associate professor of sociology at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of The Ironies of Affirmative Action: Politics, Culture, and Justice in America, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
Preface 1: The Ironies of Affirmative Action 2: The Appeal of Color-Blindness 3: American Justice, Acceptable Preference, and the Boundaries of Legitimate Policymaking 4: Crisis Management through Affirmative Action 5: Administrative Pragmatism and the Affirmative Action Solution 6: Affirmative Action as Tradition 7: Creative Destruction in the Nixon Administration 8: Conclusion: Culture, Politics and Affirmative Action Notes
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.5.1996 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Morality and Society Series |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 16 x 23 mm |
| Gewicht | 312 g |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht |
| Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-226-76178-9 / 0226761789 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-226-76178-7 / 9780226761787 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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