Affirmative Action The Pros and Cons of Policy Practice

by Tomasson, Richard F.; Crosby, Faye J.; Herzberger, Sharon D.

• ISBN13: 9780742502109
• ISBN10: 0742502104
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-25
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Hailed at the time of its original publication as a thorough and balanced debate of one of America's most vexing political issues, Affirmative Action employs a pro and con format to provide a concise introduction to this divisive debate. In a new, substantive introduction, Richard F. Tomasson offers a short history of the affirmative action debate and addresses new developments since the book's original appearance.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Richard F. Tomasson
Part One For Affirmative Action
Faye J. Crosby
Sharon D. Herzberger
Acknowledgments
The Issues	5	(6)
Defining Affirmative Action	11	(16)
Underlying Issue of Need	27	(14)
Fairness and Affirmative Action	41	(16)
The Effectiveness of Affirmative Action	57	(8)
Making Affirmative Action Work	65	(20)
The Promise of Affirmative Action	85	(40)
Notes	91	(8)
References	99	(14)
Part Two Against Affirmative Action
Richard F. Tomasson
Acknowledgments	113	(4)
Section One Affirmative Action: An Idea Whose Time Has Passed (And Perhaps Never Was)
Prologue	117	(8)
The Origins of Affirmative Action	125	(10)
The Varieties of Affirmative Action	135	(8)
Affirmative Action's High-Water Mark: Johnson v. Santa Clara County (1987)	143	(14)
The Lowering of the Tide: Affirmative Action after Johnson	157	(18)
Section Two The Insuperable Problems of Affirmative Action
Introduction	173	(2)
Affirmative Action for Whom?	175	(14)
Affirmative Action in Education	189	(8)
Group Differences Won't Go Away	197	(8)
Affirmative Action for Blacks? Hispanics? Women? the Disadvantaged?	205	(30)
The People and Affirmative Action	235	(34)
Appendix One	249	(2)
Appendix Two	251	(4)
Notes	255	(8)
References	263	(6)
Index	269	(6)
About the Authors	275