The affirmative action puzzle : a living history from reconstruction to today / Melvin I. Urofsky.

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    • Publication Information:
      First edition.
    • Abstract:
      Summary: In this important, ambitious, far-reaching book, Urofsky writes about the affirmative action cases decided by the Supreme Court: cases that either upheld or struck down particular plans that affected both governmental and private entities. We come to fully understand the societal impact of affirmative action: how and why it has helped, and inflamed, people of all walks of life; how it has evolved; and how, and why, it is still needed. - Provided by publisher.
    • Content Notes:
      Affirmative action before Kennedy -- Kennedy and Johnson -- Affirmative action spreads-and mutates -- Nixon and the Philadelphia plan -- Prejudice persists, affirmative action grows -- Marco Defunis, Allan Bakke, and Brian Weber -- Changing academia -- Backlash and defense -- Blacks and Jews divide -- Women and affirmative action -- The Reagan presidency -- The Court changes its mind -- Mend it, don't end it-or not -- Prop 209 -- Affirmative action and elections -- Seeking diversity in higher education -- Women and affirmative action II -- Other groups, here and abroad -- Bush, Obama, and Fisher -- Yes...and no...and Trump.
    • Notes:
      Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-544) and index.
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    • ISBN:
      9781101870877
      1101870877
    • Accession Number:
      2019016086
    • Accession Number:
      1135981091
    • Accession Number:
      ccp.1087848