Equality and Transparency: A Strategic Perspective on Affirmative Action in American Law

✍ Scribed by Daniel Sabbagh (auth.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Leaves: 263
Series: The CERI Series in International Relations and Political Economy
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-10
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
The Corrective Justice Paradigm....Pages 13-30
The Diversity Paradigm....Pages 31-48
A Strategic and Consequentialist Perspective: Affirmative Action as an Instrument for Deracializing American Society....Pages 49-85
Front Matter....Pages 87-91
The Problems with the Deracialization Argument....Pages 93-104
The Negative Side Effects of Transparency....Pages 105-115
Evidence of Dissimulation Strategies....Pages 116-162
General Conclusion....Pages 163-168
Back Matter....Pages 169-257

✦ Subjects

European Politics; Public Policy; Political Science; Social Policy

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