TY - BOOK AU - Kellough,J.Edward ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - Understanding affirmative action: politics, discrimination, and the search for justice AV - KF4755.5 .K45 2006 U1 - 342.7308/7 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - Georgetown University Press KW - Affirmative action programs KW - Law and legislation KW - United States KW - Affirmative action programs in education KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Affirmative action : the concept and the controversy -- Early efforts focusing on equality of opportunity -- Affirmative action and preferential selection -- Assessing the argument : a review of the case for affirmative action -- The Supreme Court and affirmative action : an examination of the early development of statutory and constitutional constraints -- Cases from 1995 to 2003 : challenges, uncertainty, and the survival of affirmative action -- Evidence on the effectiveness of affirmative action -- Affirmative action in the Twenty-first century; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries UR - http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/aitie/detail.action?docID=547803 ER -