Affirmative action and black entrepreneurship / Thomas D. Boston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boston, Thomas D.

Contributor:

Twentieth Century Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American businesspeople.

African American businesspeople--Georgia--Atlanta--Case studies.

African Americans--Economic conditions.

African Americans.

Affirmative action programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (129 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume isolates the cause of continuing disparities not only between blacks and whites, but among blacks as well. Key factors discussed include the current state of the economy and the influence of public policies.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Opportunity matters; Strict scrutiny is ~strict in theory and fatal in fact~; Recent trends among black-owned businesses in Atlanta; A snapshot of the past when equal business opportunity did not exist; What causes the lag in black entrepreneurship?; A judicial commission on strict scrutiny is needed; ~Twenty by Ten~: a strategy for black business and employment growth in the next century; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

"A Century Foundation book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-86537-6

1-134-86538-4

0-429-23148-2

0-203-30349-0

1-280-32180-6

0-203-42296-1

9780429231483

OCLC:

560514614