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The assault on diversity : an organized challenge to racial and gender justice / Lee Cokorinos ; with a foreword by Harold R. Tyler, Jr. ; and an introduction by Theodore M. Shaw.
Lippincott Library HF5549.5.A34 C645 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cokorinos, Lee.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Affirmative action programs--United States.
- Affirmative action programs.
- United States.
- Civil rights--United States.
- Civil rights.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 203 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2003]
- Contents:
- 1. The New Threat to Diversity 1
- 2. The Historical Background of the Battle against Affirmative Action 15
- A. The Origins of Affirmative Action 17
- B. Think Tanks and Foundations: The New Order of Battle against Diversity 18
- C. Institutionalizing the Assault on Affirmative Action
- The Three Transitions: 1980, 1990, and 2001 20
- D. The Reagan Administration 21
- E. Parker and Bolick at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) 24
- F. Doctrinal and Political Battles in the Reagan Administration 25
- G. "Litigating the Agenda" 26
- H. Back to the Future: The Reagan Administration and "Original Intent" 27
- I. A Right-Wing Convergence: Libertarianism and Traditional Segregationism 29
- 3. The Political Battle: Ballot Initiatives, Media Outreach, and Legislative Action 31
- A. American Civil Rights Institute (ACRI) and the American Civil Rights Coalition (ACRC) 31
- B. Center for Equal Opportunity and Equal Opportunity Foundation 40
- C. Right-Wing Ethnic and Gender-Based Groups in Anti-Affirmative Action Campaigns 55
- 4. The Legal Battle: Strategic Litigation and Networking 59
- A. Center for Individual Rights (CIR) 59
- B. Institute for Justice (IJ) 68
- C. The Federalist Society and Civil Rights: A Constitutional Challenge to Fairness 79
- D. Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) 85
- E. Southeastern Legal Foundation (SLF) 102
- 5. The Assault on Diversity and the Coming to Power of the George W. Bush Administration 119.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-188) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0742524752
- 0742524760
- OCLC:
- 51804601
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