Questions and Answers on Affirmative Action
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Total Pages | : 8 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Affirmative action programs |
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Total Pages | : 8 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Affirmative action programs |
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Author | : William H. Truesdell |
Publisher | : The Management Advantage, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Affirmative action programs |
ISBN | : 9781879876361 |
103 of the toughest questions on Equal Employment Opportunity, Affirmative Action and Diversity Management for today's employers. Essential for HR professionals and all line managers.
Author | : University of Iowa. Office of Affirmative Action |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 8 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Affirmative action programs |
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Author | : Richard F. Tomasson |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780742502109 |
Hailed at the time of its original publication as a thorough and balanced debate of one of America's most vexing political issues, Affirmative Action employs a pro and con format to provide a concise introduction to this divisive debate. In a new, substantive introduction, Richard F. Tomasson offers a short history of the affirmative action debate and addresses new developments since the book's original appearance. In Part One, authors Crosby and Herzberger draw on state and federal court decisions, federal decrees, and university practices to support affirmative action to counter racial and gender bias. In Part Two, Tomasson cites the same kinds of evidence to argue against affirmative action programs.
Author | : University of Iowa. Office of Affirmative Action |
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Total Pages | : 6 |
Release | : 1989 |
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Author | : Kathiann M. Kowalski |
Publisher | : Marshall Cavendish |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780761423003 |
"Outlines the arguments of those both for and against affirmative action programs and the history behind such programs"--Provided by publisher.
Author | : Nancy Stein |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 4 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Affirmative action programs |
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Author | : Bruce P Lapenson |
Publisher | : University Press of America |
Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 2009-03-16 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0761843485 |
The public defenses of affirmative action have not convinced the majority of Americans that the policy is necessary and just. The notion that merit and qualifications for academic places and jobs can be judged solely by test scores and grades is seriously called into question by the numerous studies analyzed in Affirmative Action and the Meanings of Merit. These studies show that many affirmative action beneficiaries have succeeded in higher education and various occupations despite not having the required test scores or GPA, therefore exposing reified concepts of merit as intellectually murky. Public defenders of affirmative action must point to these realities to convince more Americans that such policies are ethical and contribute to the goal of a diverse and fair-minded society.
Author | : Steven M. Cahn |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2013-12-19 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1317827775 |
This book is an essential guide to the full range of arguments surrounding affirmative action. Following the debate, as no other collection does, from all the early foundational articles to up-to-date selections, the book presents the strongest contributions from both sides of this highly charged issue. For students and general readers seeking to understand the controversy, this book offers a unique guide to the main lines of argument in the discussion. The contributors include most of the major contributors to the debate: Anita L. Allen, Robert Amdur, Michael D;. Bayles, Tom L. Beauchamp, Barbara R. Bergmann, Derek Bok, William G. Bowen, Carl Cohen, J. L. Cowan, Ronald Dworkin, Robert K. Fullinwider, Alan H. Goldman, Sidney Hook, James W. Nickel, William A. Nunn III, George Sher, Robert Simon, Paul W. Taylor, Abigail Thernstrom, Stephen Thernstrom, Judith Jarvis Thomson, Celia Wolf-Devine, and Paul Woodruff.
Author | : Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2020-03-30 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0190648805 |
Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen here poses the question: "Is affirmative action morally (un)justifiable?" As a phrase that frequently surfaces in major headlines, affirmative action is a highly controversial and far-reaching issue, yet most of the recent scholarly literature surrounding the topic tends to focus on defending one side or another in a particular case of affirmative action. Lippert-Rasmussen instead takes a wide-angle view, addressing each of the prevailing contemporary arguments for and against affirmative action. In his introduction, he proposes an amended definition of affirmative action and considers what forms, from quotas to outreach strategies, may fall under this revised definition. He then analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of each position, relative to each other, and applies recent discussions in political philosophy to assess if and how each argument might justify different conclusions given different cases or philosophical frameworks. Each chapter investigates an argument for or against affirmative action. The six arguments for it consist of compensation, anti-discrimination, equality of opportunity, role model, diversity, and integration. The five arguments against it are reverse discrimination, stigma, mismatch, publicity, and merit. Lippert-Rasmussen also expands the discussion to include affirmative action for groups beyond the prototypical examples of African Americans and women, and to consider health and minority languages as possible criteria for inclusion in affirmative action initiatives. Based on the comparative strength of anti-discrimination and equality of opportunity arguments, Making Sense of Affirmative Action ultimately makes a case in favor of affirmative action; however, its originality lies in Lippert-Rasmussen's careful exploration of moral justifiability as a contextual evaluative measure and his insistence that complexity and a comparative focus are inherent to this important issue.