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Ironies of Affirmative Action Politics, Culture, and Justice in America

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ISBN-10: 0226761789

ISBN-13: 9780226761787

Edition: 1996

Authors: John D. Skrentny

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Affirmative action has been fiercely debated for more than a quarter of a century, producing much partisan literature, but little serious scholarship and almost nothing on its cultural and political origins. The Ironies of Affirmative Action is the first book-length, comprehensive, historical account of the development of affirmative action.Analyzing both the resistance from the Right and the support from the Left, Skrentny brings to light the unique moral culture that has shaped the affirmative action debate, allowing for starkly different policies for different citizens. He also shows, through an analysis of historical documents and court rulings, the complex and intriguing political…    
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Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 5/1/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 326
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.21" long x 0.73" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

John David Skrentny is associate professor of sociology at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of The Ironies of Affirmative Action: Politics, Culture, and Justice in America, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Preface
The Ironies of Affirmative Action
The Appeal of Color-Blindness 3: American Justice, Acceptable Preference, and the Boundaries of Legitimate Policymaking
Crisis Management through Affirmative Action
Administrative Pragmatism and the Affirmative Action Solution
Affirmative Action as Tradition
Creative Destruction in the Nixon Administration
Conclusion: Culture, Politics and Affirmative Action
Notes