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Analyzing both the resistance from the Right and the support from the Left, this study brings to light the moral culture that has shaped the affirmative action debate, allowing for starkly different policies for different citizens.

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Preface 1: The Ironies of Affirmative Action 2: The Appeal of Color-Blindness 3: American Justice, Acceptable Preference, and the Boundaries of Legitimate Policymaking 4: Crisis Management through Affirmative Action 5: Administrative Pragmatism and the Affirmative Action Solution 6: Affirmative Action as Tradition 7: Creative Destruction in the Nixon Administration 8: Conclusion: Culture, Politics and Affirmative Action Notes

The Ironies of Affirmative Action

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 5/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226761787, 978-0226761787
      ISBN10: 0226761789
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      Constitutional and administrative law: general Social discrimination and social justice

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Analyzing both the resistance from the Right and the support from the Left, this study brings to light the moral culture that has shaped the affirmative action debate, allowing for starkly different policies for different citizens.

      Table of Contents
      Preface 1: The Ironies of Affirmative Action 2: The Appeal of Color-Blindness 3: American Justice, Acceptable Preference, and the Boundaries of Legitimate Policymaking 4: Crisis Management through Affirmative Action 5: Administrative Pragmatism and the Affirmative Action Solution 6: Affirmative Action as Tradition 7: Creative Destruction in the Nixon Administration 8: Conclusion: Culture, Politics and Affirmative Action Notes

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