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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783272703321

Autore

Cohen Carl

Titolo

Affirmative Action and Racial Preferences [[electronic resource] ] : A Debate

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cary, : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2003

ISBN

0-19-976949-4

1-281-34686-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (411 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SterbaJames P

Disciplina

342.73/087

Soggetti

Affirmative action programs -- Law and legislation -- United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Preface One""; ""Preface Two""; ""Cases""; ""SECTION ONE: WHY RACE PREFERENCE IS WRONG AND BAD""; ""Prologue: Wrongness and Badness""; ""PART I: EQUALITY AND RACE PREFERENCE""; ""1 Equality as a Moral Ideal""; ""2 Affirmative Action""; ""3 Race Preference: The Transformation of Affirmative Action""; ""PART II: WHY RACE PREFERENCE IS WRONG""; ""4 Race Preference Is Morally Wrong""; ""5 Race Preference Is Against the Law""; ""6 Race Preference Violates the Constitution""; ""PART III: WHY RACE PREFERENCE IS BAD""; ""7 Race Preference Is Bad for the Minorities Preferred""

""8 Race Preference Is Bad for the Universities that Give Preference""""9 Race Preference Is Bad for Society as a Whole""; ""Epilogue: The Future of Race Preference""; ""SECTION TWO: DEFENDING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, DEFENDING PREFERENCES""; ""1 A Legal History of Affirmative Action in the United States""; ""2 A Definition of Affirmative Action""; ""3 A Defense of Outreach Affirmative Action""; ""4 A Defense of Remedial Affirmative Action""; ""5 Remedial Affirmative Action and the U.S. Supreme Court""; ""6 Racial Discrimination v. Sexual Discrimination""

""7 A Better Standard of Proof for Remedial Affirmative Action""""8 A Defense of Diversity Affirmative Action""; ""9 Objections to Affirmative Action""; ""10 Affirmative Action outside the United States""; ""Conclusion""; ""SECTION THREE: REPLY TO JAMES P. STERBA""; ""SECTION FOUR: REPLY TO CARL COHEN""; ""SECTION FIVE: COMMENTS ON THE SUPREME COURT DECISION""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A"";



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