Affirmative Action in the 1980s
Author | : United States Commission on Civil Rights |
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Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Affirmative action programs |
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Author | : United States Commission on Civil Rights |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Affirmative action programs |
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Author | : United States Commission on Civil Rights |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 66 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Affirmative action programs |
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Author | : United States Commission on Civil Rights |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Affirmative action programs |
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Author | : Terry H. Anderson |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 345 |
Release | : 2004-06-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0198035837 |
Affirmative action strikes at the heart of deeply held beliefs about employment and education, about fairness, and about the troubled history of race relations in America. Published on the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, this is the only book available that gives readers a balanced, non-polemical, and lucid account of this highly contentious issue. Beginning with the roots of affirmative action, Anderson describes African-American demands for employment in the defense industry--spearheaded by A. Philip Randolph's threatened March on Washington in July 1941--and the desegregation of the armed forces after World War II. He investigates President Kennedy's historic 1961 executive order that introduced the term "affirmative action" during the early years of the civil rights movement and he examines President Johnson's attempts to gain equal opportunities for African Americans. He describes President Nixon's expansion of affirmative action with the Philadelphia Plan--which the Supreme Court upheld--along with President Carter's introduction of "set asides" for minority businesses and the Bakke ruling which allowed the use of race as one factor in college admissions. By the early 1980s many citizens were becoming alarmed by affirmative action, and that feeling was exemplified by the Reagan administration's backlash, which resulted in the demise and revision of affirmative action during the Clinton years. He concludes with a look at the University of Michigan cases of 2003, the current status of the policy, and its impact. Throughout, the author weighs each side of every issue--often finding merit in both arguments--resulting in an eminently fair account of one of America's most heated debates. A colorful history that brings to life the politicians, legal minds, and ordinary people who have fought for or against affirmative action, The Pursuit of Fairness helps clear the air and calm the emotions, as it illuminates a difficult and critically important issue.
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Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Affirmative action programs |
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Author | : Thomas Sowell |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2004-01-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780300107753 |
An eminent authority presents a new perspective on affirmative action in a provocative book that will stir fresh debate about this vitally important issue
Author | : National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Affirmative action programs |
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Author | : S. N. Colamery |
Publisher | : Nova Publishers |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781560725527 |
From the John Holmes Library Collection.
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Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Affirmative action programs |
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Author | : Richard Jenkins |
Publisher | : CUP Archive |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780521389686 |
This edition, first published in 1989, looks at the problems of racism and equal opportunity in employment and government policies towards them in Britain. It brings together a group of specialist contributors and covers the major areas of debate, including the law, policies towards unemployment, job training and the labour market, the role of the public and private sectors, the role of trade unions, the gap between policies and pronouncements on equal opportunity and their implementation, and the related issue of sectarian discrimination in Northern Ireland. It looks at the future prospects for equal opportunities and provides conclusions for policy. In particular, it aims to address important topics such as the assumptions underlying policies and whether they realistically reflect reality, the actual effect of legislation, and the relationship between power disparities in society as a whole and racial inequality.