Color Lines: Affirmative Action, Immigration, and Civil Rights Options for America - Softcover

Skrentny, John D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226761827 ISBN 13: 9780226761824

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2001

Synopsis

A new ethnic order has emerged in the United States. The growing number of Latinos and Asians has rendered the old black-and-white binary obsolete. And yet, political pundits and commentators on both the left and the right continue to overlook the changing face of discrimination and opportunity in today's new multiethnic, multiracial America. With Color Lines, John David Skrentny brings us a collection of essays that reexamines the role of affirmative action and civil rights in light of this important shift in American demographics. The book explores issues of public policy, equal opportunity, diversity, multiculturalism, pathways to better work and higher learning, and attempts in countries outside the United States to protect minority civil rights. Combining perspectives from specialists in fields as diverse as sociology, history, political science, and law, Color Lines is a balanced and broad-ranging guide for anyone interested in civil rights policy and the future of ethnic relations in America.

Contributors:
Erik Bleich
Lawrence D. Bobo
Frank Dobbin
John Aubrey Douglass
Hugh Davis Graham
Kyra R. Greene
Erin Kelly
George R. La Noue
Jennifer Lee
Michael Lichter
Deborah C. Malamud
Sunita Parikh
John C. Sullivan
Thomas J. Sugrue
Carol M. Swain
Steven M. Teles
Roger Waldinger
Christine Min Wotipka

About this title

About the Author

John D. Skrentny is professor of sociology at the University of California, San Diego. He has authored and edited books about education and employment opportunities, and his work has appeared in Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.

From the Back Cover

With Color Lines, John David Skrentny brings us a collection of essays that reexamines the role of affirmative action and civil rights in light of recent shifts in American minority populations. The book explores issues of public policy, equal opportunity, diversity, multiculturalism, pathways to better work and higher learning, and attempts both within and outside the United States to protect minority civil rights.

From the Inside Flap

With Color Lines, John David Skrentny brings us a collection of essays that reexamines the role of affirmative action and civil rights in light of recent shifts in American minority populations. The book explores issues of public policy, equal opportunity, diversity, multiculturalism, pathways to better work and higher learning, and attempts both within and outside the United States to protect minority civil rights.

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With Color Lines, John David Skrentny brings us a collection of essays that reexamines the role of affirmative action and civil rights in light of recent shifts in American minority populations. The book explores issues of public policy, equal opportunity, diversity, multiculturalism, pathways to better work and higher learning, and attempts both within and outside the United States to protect minority civil rights.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226761827
• ISBN 13: 9780226761824
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 376