For Discrimination

For Discrimination
Author: Randall Kennedy
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2015-06-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0307949362


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The definitive reckoning with one of America’s most explosively contentious and divisive issues—from “one of our most important and perceptive writers on race and the law.... The mere fact that he wrote this book is all the justification necessary for reading it.”—The Washington Post What precisely is affirmative action, and why is it fiercely championed by some and just as fiercely denounced by others? Does it signify a boon or a stigma? Or is it simply reverse discrimination? What are its benefits and costs to American society? What are the exact indicia determining who should or should not be accorded affirmative action? When should affirmative action end, if it must? Randall Kennedy gives us a concise and deeply personal overview of the policy, refusing to shy away from the myriad complexities of an issue that continues to bedevil American race relations.


For Discrimination
Language: en
Pages: 306
Authors: Randall Kennedy
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-06-09 - Publisher: Vintage

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The definitive reckoning with one of America’s most explosively contentious and divisive issues—from “one of our most important and perceptive writers on
The Case for Discrimination
Language: en
Pages: 541
Authors: Walter E. Block
Categories: Discrimination
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-12-28 - Publisher:

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Walter E. Block discusses how discrimination effects economics.
The Economics of Discrimination
Language: en
Pages: 178
Authors: Gary S. Becker
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-08-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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This second edition of Gary S. Becker's The Economics of Discrimination has been expanded to include three further discussions of the problem and an entirely ne
Dispossession
Language: en
Pages: 351
Authors: Pete Daniel
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-03-29 - Publisher: UNC Press Books

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Between 1940 and 1974, the number of African American farmers fell from 681,790 to just 45,594--a drop of 93 percent. In his hard-hitting book, historian Pete D
The Face of Discrimination
Language: en
Pages: 258
Authors: Vincent J. Roscigno
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

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The Face of Discrimination documents the extent, character, and implications of race and sex discrimination at work and in housing, drawing from a rich body arc