Affirmative Action: The Pros and Cons of Policy and PracticeRowman & Littlefield, 2001 - 276 pages 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. |
Contents
Acknowledgments | 3 |
The Issues | 5 |
Defining Affirmative Action 11 | 13 |
Underlying Issue of Need | 27 |
Fairness and Affirmative Action | 41 |
The Effectiveness of Affirmative Action | 57 |
Making Affirmative Action Work | 65 |
The Promise of Affirmative Action | 85 |
Affirmative Action | 157 |
Section | 171 |
Affirmative Action in Education | 189 |
Group Differences Wont Go Away | 197 |
Affirmative Action for Blacks? Hispanics? Women? | 205 |
The People and Affirmative Action | 235 |
Appendix One | 249 |
Notes | 255 |
Notes | 91 |
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Acknowledgments | 113 |
The Origins of Affirmative Action | 125 |
The Varieties of Affirmative Action | 135 |
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