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UNINA9910827154803321 |
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Autore |
Sterba James P |
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Titolo |
Affirmative action for the future / / James P. Sterba |
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Ithaca, N. Y., : Cornell University Press, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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0-8014-5760-2 |
0-8014-5884-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 132 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Affirmative action programs - Law and legislation - United States |
Affirmative action programs - United States |
Affirmative action programs in education - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Current racial and sexual discrimination -- A legal history of race-and sex-based affirmative action -- How best to define affirmative action -- A defense of outreach affirmative action -- A defense of remedial affirmative action -- Objections to remedial affirmative action -- A defense of diversity affirmative action -- Objections to diversity affirmative action -- Affirmative action around the world. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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At a time when private and public institutions of higher education are reassessing their admissions policies in light of new economic conditions, Affirmative Action for the Future is a clarion call for the need to keep the door of opportunity open. In. |
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