The Affirmative Action Debate - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 020147963X ISBN 13: 9780201479638

Publisher: Basic Books, 1996

Synopsis

The Affirmative Action Debate collects the leading voices on all sides of this crucial dialogue. A provocative range of politicians, researchers, legal experts, and businesspeople dispute the best way to fight discrimination. Their essays explore such questions as, How did affirmative-action policies come to be? Who benefits most from them, and who suffers? How do these programs work in hiring, contracting, college admissions, and other fields? What will recent Supreme Court rulings and legislative initiatives mean? And, most fundamentally, does any race-conscious remedy simply perpetuate discrimination? Recognizing affirmative action as more than a black-and-white issue, this book includes the voices of women, Latinos, and Asian-Americans who are also affected but often ignored. A sourcebook of solid facts and surprising arguments, The Affirmative Action Debate is the one book you need to understand and discuss the nation's sharpest political divide.

About this title

About the Author

George E. Curry is the editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine, based in Washington, D.C. He is a regular panelist on Lead Story," the BET network's news-analysis program, and has been New York bureau chief and Washington correspondent for the Chicago Tribune.

From the Back Cover

The Affirmative Action Debate collects the leading voices on all sides of this crucial dialogue. A provocative range of politicians, researchers, legal experts, and businesspeople dispute the best way to fight discrimination. Their essays explore such questions as, How did affirmative-action policies come to be? Who benefits most from them, and who suffers? How do these programs work in hiring, contracting, college admissions, and other fields? What will recent Supreme Court rulings and legislative initiatives mean? And, most fundamentally, does any race-conscious remedy simply perpetuate discrimination? Recognizing affirmative action as more than a black-and-white issue, this book includes the voices of women, Latinos, and Asian-Americans who are also affected but often ignored. A sourcebook of solid facts and surprising arguments.

Edition details

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 020147963X
• ISBN 13: 9780201479638
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 390
• Editor: Curry George