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Hardcover: 9780226761770, Univ of Chicago Pr, April 1, 1996, cover price $48.00
Paperback: 9780226761787, Univ of Chicago Pr, May 1, 1996, cover price $20.00
The Ironies of Affirmative Action: Politics, Culture, and Justice in America
Describes the origins of affirmative action in the conditions of the late 1960s and early 1970s, explains how it seemed to produce results when 'color-blind' policies--which often allowed other inequalities--did not, and discusses its limitations and sometimes unexpected results
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Product Description: Affirmative action has been fiercely debated for more than a quarter of a century, producing much partisan literature, but little serious scholarship and almost nothing on its cultural and political origins. The Ironies of Affirmative Action offers the first book-length, comprehensive, historical account of the development of this hotly debated issue.
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