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Author : Lester A. Sobel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Quotas & Affirmative Action written by Lester A. Sobel and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas Sowell
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300107753
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Affirmative Action Around the World written by Thomas Sowell and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Vânia Penha-Lopes
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498537790
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)
Download or read book Confronting Affirmative Action in Brazil written by Vânia Penha-Lopes and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using affirmative action to decrease racial inequality is the latest chapter of a long tradition of comparing Brazil and the United States with regard to race. Confronting Affirmative Action in Brazil: University Quota Students and the Quest for Racial Justice is timely for both countries as they struggle with racial justice in higher education. This book responds to the United States’ dismantling of affirmative action programs and a belief that they have run their course. Data show that, while affirmative action policies have contributed to a significant increase in the representation of non-Whites in the U.S. middle class, other segments of the population have yet to take full advantage of such policies. In Brazil, this book engaged with the need to understand the first results of a public policy expected to promote major social change, as it represents the first time that country admitted the existence of racial inequality in its core and took measures toward combating it despite any subsequent controversy or dissent.
Author : Lester A. Sobel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780608122809
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (228 download)
Download or read book Quotas and Affirmative Action written by Lester A. Sobel and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stefan Gröschl
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317149149
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)
Download or read book Diversity Quotas, Diverse Perspectives written by Stefan Gröschl and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-13 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legislative and institutional affirmative and positive action policies, intended to increase accessibility and the participation of historically disadvantaged groups in employment and education, have been with us for some time, particularly in Anglo Saxon countries. One of the major issues they are intended to address is gender inequality. Proponents of these policies have hailed quota initiatives as a key to promoting equal opportunities and reducing discrimination. At the same time, affirmative action policies and processes have been challenged in courts and have caused controversy in educational establishments, highlighting the fact that these practices can have negative consequences. Exploring the application of quotas and affirmative action at an institutional or organizational level from a variety of different perspectives, the contributions in Diversity Quotas, Diverse Perspectives provide an understanding of the complexity and controversial nature of policies and actions in different countries. Even within Europe, implementation has varied widely from country to country. For example, while most European countries have employment quotas for people with disabilities, there is little consistency among the European Union's member states when it comes to quotas and other policies relating to ethnic minorities in employment and educational settings. Focussing here particularly on gender-related initiatives, but raising questions pertinent to other aspects of diversity, the contributions from international researchers investigate variances between and differing justifications for policies. The book offers a global perspective on the subject and expands the discussion of it beyond Anglo-Saxon contexts.
Author : Laura Dudley Jenkins
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317748468
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)
Download or read book Affirmative Action Matters written by Laura Dudley Jenkins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-04 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Affirmative Action Matters focuses specifically on affirmative action policies in higher education admissions, the sphere that has been the most controversial in many of the nations that have such policies. It brings together distinguished scholars from diverse nations to examine and discuss the historical, political and philosophical contexts of affirmative action and clarify policy developments to further the meaningful equality of educational opportunity. This unique volume includes both well established and emerging policies from the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, policies which developed under a variety of political systems and target a range of underrepresented groups, based on race, ethnicity, gender, class, social background, or region. Accessible and thought provoking case studies of affirmative action demonstrate that such policies are expanding to different countries and target populations. While some countries, such as India, have affirmative action policies that predate those in the United States, affirmative action is a recent development in countries such as Brazil and France. Legal or political pressures to move away from explicitly race-based policies in several countries have complicated affirmative action and make this assessment of international alternatives particularly timely. New or newly modified policies target a variety of disadvantaged groups, based on geography, class, or caste, in addition to race or sex. International scholars in six countries spanning five continents offer insights into their own countries’ experiences to examine the implications of policy shifts from race toward other categories of disadvantage, to consider best practices in student admission policies, and to assess the future of affirmative action.
Author : Barbara F. Reskin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)
Download or read book The Realities of Affirmative Action in Employment written by Barbara F. Reskin and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores discriminatory employment practices and job segregation and examines the effectiveness of affirmative action in combatting job discrimination. Identifies the most effective affirmative action practices and investigates their effects on women and minority groups and on other stakeholders. Discusses policy implications.
Author : Richard Sander
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0465029965
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)
Download or read book Mismatch written by Richard Sander and published by . This book was released on 2012-10-09 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that affirmative action actually harms minority students and that the movement started in the late 1960s is only a symbolic change that has become mired in posturing, concealment, and pork-barrel earmarks.
Author : Barbara R. Bergmann
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 9780465098347
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (983 download)
Download or read book In Defense Of Affirmative Action written by Barbara R. Bergmann and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 1997-03-20 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time when quotas and preferences are under attack nationwide, Barbara Bergmann courageously show that without the help of affirmative action America will never be able to attain a truly race-blind and sex-blind society, for it is naive to imagine that the abolition of affirmative action will lead to a system based solely on ability. Women and minorities do in fact need assistance in cases where prejudice or habit leads to preference for white males in all openings. Free of the posturing that has so often degraded this debate, In Defense of Affirmative Action is a clarion call to maintain affirmative action as a just and indispensable solution to a chronic problem in American society.
Author : Paul Craig Roberts
Publisher : Regnery Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780895264237
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (642 download)
Download or read book The New Color Line written by Paul Craig Roberts and published by Regnery Publishing. This book was released on 1997-05-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The New Color Line, authors Paul Craig Roberts and Lawrence M. Stratton boldly challenge the affirmative action policies that have governed America for the past thirty years. The authors show that equality under the law has given way to legal privileges based on race and gender. Liberal society is being lost along with the presumption of goodwill that is the basis of democracy. The New Color Line offers an explanation for these ironic outcomes: judicial and regulatory edicts have taken the place of statutory law accountable to the people, and coercion has replaced persuasion. This happened because elites regarded democracy as the problem, not the solution.
Author : Herman Belz
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781412822695
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (226 download)
Download or read book Equality Transformed written by Herman Belz and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A quarter-century after the enactment of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, its legacy remains controversial. The statutory language intended to ensure equal opportunity to all individuals is now interpreted as authorizing both public and private employers to adopt preferential policies that benefit designated groups based on race and gender. Much the same transformation has occurred in federal contract programs: President Kennedy's executive order that required equal employment opportunity is now understood as mandating minority hiring with numerical goals tantamount to quotas. Herman Belz's "Equality Transformed: A Quarter-Century of Affirmative Action "traces this transformation of equality and how it was brought about by courts, regulatory agencies, and activists. The early champions of civil rights sought to eradicate impediments to advancement for the downtrodden; the ultimate aim was to create a truly colorblind society. Over the years, this goal, while still professed, became even more elusive. Preferences, goals, and timetables - "temporary" means for the attainment of a nondiscriminatory society - seemed to undermine that noble quest. "Equality Transformed "provides a textured history of affirmative action and its effects upon race relations and our democratic, egalitarian ideals. In recent years, under the impetus of the Reagan Justice Department, the Supreme Court has backed away, however hesitantly, from its earlier sympathy towards race-conscious remedies and preferential treatment. Belz's analysis of recent Supreme Court cases and their antecedents allows us to better understand both the tensions in our society and the fury that the Court has triggered with its recent civil rights pronouncements. Belz makes a strong case for hewing to a forward-looking rather than a backward-looking approach to eradicating discrimination. Anyone interested in the history, law, theory, or morality of affirmative action in employment will find "Equality Transformed "invaluable.
Author : Susan Banfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780894909689
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (96 download)
Download or read book The Bakke Case written by Susan Banfield and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at the landmark Supreme Court case brought by Alan Bakke. Bakke decided to challenge the admissions system at U.C. Davis Medical School where he was repeatedly denied admission, while minority students with the same or lesser qualifications were accepted. The book shows the reader who Bakke was and takes the reader through the process he followed in getting his case all the way to the Supreme Court. Ramifications for today are also presented.
Author : Dr. Robin DiAngelo
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807047422
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)
Download or read book White Fragility written by Dr. Robin DiAngelo and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times best-selling book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality. In this “vital, necessary, and beautiful book” (Michael Eric Dyson), antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility and “allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to ‘bad people’ (Claudia Rankine). Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially, white fragility is characterized by emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and by behaviors including argumentation and silence. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium and prevent any meaningful cross-racial dialogue. In this in-depth exploration, DiAngelo examines how white fragility develops, how it protects racial inequality, and what we can do to engage more constructively.
Author : Melvin I. Urofsky
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A Conflict of Rights written by Melvin I. Urofsky and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1991 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the Supreme Court's decision affirming Diane Joyce's selection over Paul Johnson for a dispatcher's position.
Author : Kathiann M. Kowalski
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
ISBN 13 : 9780761423003
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Affirmative Action written by Kathiann M. Kowalski and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2007 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Outlines the arguments of those both for and against affirmative action programs and the history behind such programs"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Mary-Lane Kamberg
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1477777415
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (777 download)
Download or read book Affirmative Action written by Mary-Lane Kamberg and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1960s, the United States government has issued executive orders and passed legislation aimed at achieving fair workplace hiring practices. Critics maintain that, in an attempt to ameliorate past injustices, the government has gone too far by practicing affirmative action--what opponents call "reverse discrimination." Students can use this book as a guide to the history of affirmative action, crucial moments in the timeline of this cause, and a better understanding of what affirmative actions practices may mean for the future.
Author : Ronald J. Fiscus
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822317708
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)
Download or read book The Constitutional Logic of Affirmative Action written by Ronald J. Fiscus and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1996-01-22 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few issues are as mired in rhetoric and controversy as affirmative action. This is certainly no less true now as when Ronald J. Fiscus’s The Constitutional Logic of Affirmative Action was first published in 1992. The controversy has, perhaps, become more charged over the past few years. With this compelling and rigorously reasoned argument for a constitutional rationale of affirmative action, Fiscus clarifies the moral and legal ramifications of this complex subject and presents an important view in the context of the ongoing debate. Beginning with a distinction drawn between principles of compensatory and distributive justice, Fiscus argues that the former, although often the basis for judgments made in individual discrimination cases, cannot sufficiently justify broad programs of affirmative action. Only a theory of distributive justice, one that assumes minorities have a right to what they would have gained proportionally in a nonracist society, can persuasively provide that justification. On this basis, the author argues in favor of proportional racial quotas—and challenges the charge of “reverse discrimination” raised in protest in the name of the “innocent victims” of affirmative action—as an action necessary to approach the goals of fairness and equality. The Constitutional Logic of Affirmative Action focuses on Supreme Court affirmative action rulings from Bakke (1976) to Croson (1989) and includes an epilogue by editor Stephen L. Wasby that considers developments through 1995. General readers concerned with racial justice, affirmative action, and public policy, as well as legal specialists and constitutional scholars will find Fiscus’s argument passionate, balanced, and persuasive.
