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Affirmative action a reference handbook /
This award winning handbook presents the views of both advocates and critics of the argument that government policies can establish gender and racial equality.
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Santa Barbara, Calif. :
ABC-CLIO,
[1999]
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Series: | Contemporary world issues.
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1 online resource (xii, 222 pages) : illustrations. |
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Online Access: | EBSCOhost - Click here for access |
Contents:
- How to Read Case and Statute Citations
- What Is Affirmative Action?
- A Historical Perspective: The Roots of Affirmative Action
- Civil Rights Movement
- Executive Orders: Contracting and Employment
- Fair Employment: Enforcement of Title VII
- Affirmative Action in Education
- The 1980s: Backlash against Affirmative Action
- The 1990s: A New Act, a New President, and New Cases
- Do We Still Have Prejudice and Discrimination?
- Are There Other Remedies?
- Does Affirmative Action Harm Its Intended Beneficiaries?
- Pre-Twentieth Century
- Twentieth Century
- Biographical Sketches
- Facts and Statistics
- Overview of the Laws on Affirmative Action
- Legal Justifications for and against Affirmative Action
- Classifications of Affirmative Action Cases in Employment
- Affirmative Action: Equal Protection of Review in Employment, Education, and Contracting Cases
- Affirmative Action under Title VII
- Affirmative Action Circuit Court Cases
- Statutes and Policies to End Affirmative Action
- Some Historical Perspective
- Statistics and Studies about Equal Employment Opportunity
- Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
- Evidence of Discrimination in Contracting
- Statistics and Studies about Equal Education Opportunity
- Admissions, Graduation, and Attrition Rates and Measures of Performance
- College and Beyond Study (C and B)
- Legacy and Donor Programs
- Minority-Targeted Scholarships
- Additional Surveys and Studies Relating to Discrimination and Affirmative Action
- Housing Discrimination Study.