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The ups and downs of affirmative action preferences
Title:
The ups and downs of affirmative action preferences
Author:
Raza, M. Ali.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1999.
Physical Description:
x, 207 pages ; 25 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
The origins of affirmative action -- From individual rights to group preferences: Supreme Court decisions (Griggs to Metro Broadcasting) -- One step backward and two forward -- Affirmative action diversity: a euphemism for preferences, quotas, and set-asides -- Preferences in California's colleges and universities and academic resistance -- The California civil rights initiative: Proposition 209 -- The ending of Affirmative Action preferences in California: testing the Constitutional amendment.
ISBN:
9780275967130
Format :
Book