Affirmative action : an encyclopedia /
Sixty-four international academics, attorneys, government specialists, and consultants contribute to this two-volume reference text, providing an objective overview of current scholarship on affirmative action and its impact on such areas as law, ethics, political science, economics, history, philos...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Westport, Conn. :
Greenwood Press,
2004.
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| Summary: | Sixty-four international academics, attorneys, government specialists, and consultants contribute to this two-volume reference text, providing an objective overview of current scholarship on affirmative action and its impact on such areas as law, ethics, political science, economics, history, philosophy, and sociology in the U.S. and abroad. Included are a timeline of major events in the development of affirmative action in the U.S., from 1865 to the present, and the full texts of Gratz volume Bollinger and Grutter volume Bollinger--two landmark Supreme Court decisions of June 2003. For high school and college students; professionals in fields dealing with race, equality, and affirmative action; and general readers. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Incorporated, Portland, OR (booknews.com). |
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| Physical Description: | 2 volumes (1074 pages) : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 1045-1047) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1573565199 9781573565196 0313330239 9780313330230 0313330247 9780313330247 |