Affirmative Action: The Pros and Cons of Policy Practice [Paperback]

Highly recommended to social scientists and the educated general reader who seek a deeper understanding of every angle of this contentious and problematic policy and the attitudes that surround it.There is no better book than this to help one think through this controversial issue, and reach an informed opinion about it.A most encompassing, thorough, and considered examination of a very perplexing and burning issue.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.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. In Part One, authors Crosby and Herzberger draw on state and federal court decisions, federal decrees, and university practices to support affirmative action to counter racial and gender bias. In Part Two, Tomasson cites the same kinds of evidence to argue against affirmative action programs.Chapter 1 Preface Part 2 For Affirmative Action Chapter 3 The Issues Chapter 4 Defining Affirmative Action Chapter 5 Underlying Issue of Need Chapter 6 Fairness and Affirmative Action Chapter 7 The Effectiveness of Affirmative Action Chapter 8 Making Affirmative Action Work Chapter 9 The Promise of Affirmative Action Chapter 10 Notes Chapter 11 References Part 12 Against Affirmative Action Chapter 13 Section One: Affirmative Action: An Idea Whose lӥ