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Affirmative action in antidiscrimination law and policy : an overview and synthesis / William M. Leiter, Samuel Leiter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leiter, William M., 1934-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Affirmative action programs--Law and legislation--United States.
- Affirmative action programs.
- Discrimination in employment--Law and legislation--United States.
- Discrimination in employment.
- Discrimination--Law and legislation--United States.
- Discrimination.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (499 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Provides a comprehensive and even-handed overview of the very contentious subject of affirmative action.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The roots of affirmative action, the women's movement, and affirmative action's group coverage
- The career of affirmative action in employment
- Affirmative action and the primary and secondary schools
- Affirmative action in higher education
- Affirmative action and political representation of minorities
- Affirmative action and fair housing
- Constitutional underclasses and affirmative action : the disabled, older workers, homosexuals
- Facing affirmative action's future.
- Notes:
- Samuel Leiter name appears first on the earlier edition.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781438435152
- 1438435150
- 9781441692320
- 1441692320
- OCLC:
- 713021665
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