Affirmative action and the meanings of merit /
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| Author / Creator: | Lapenson, Bruce P. |
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| Imprint: | Lanham, MD : University Press of America, c2009. |
| Description: | xii, 108 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7795169 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. Affirmative Action Policy History
- Origins
- The Collision of Traditional and Alternative Concepts of Fairness
- The Political Defenses of Affirmative Action and Their Limits
- The Limits of Classical Liberal Equal Opportunity
- Summary
- 2. Affirmative Action: Necessity and Success
- Traditional Methods of Selection
- The Narrow Focus of Affirmative Action Opponents
- The Problems of a Reified View of Merit
- Performance of Affirmative Action Beneficiaries
- Merit
- Rank Ordering
- Traditional Conceptions of Merit as Discrimination
- An Alternative Approach to Selection
- Persistent Racial Discrimination
- Combining a Critique of Merit with Other Affirmative Action Defenses
- Debunking the Self-Respect Critique
- Traditional Preferences as Segues
- Summary
- 3. The Class-Based Argument
- Should Middle-Class Minorities Benefit from Affirmative Action?
- Problems of Class-By-Itself
- Why Class Considerations are Necessary
- Gender
- Other Alternatives to Race-Based Programs
- The Political Benefits of a Race, Class, and Gender-Based Policy
- The Necessity of "Public Education"
- A Race, Class, and Gender-Based Affirmative Action
- 4. Reapproachment: Moral, Pragmatic, and Political Implications
- Moral Implications: Multiple Relevant Selection Criteria
- Policy Implications: Institutionalizing Fair Notions of Merit
- Weighting Diversity Criteria
- Goals
- Longevity
- Political Implications: From Racial Resentment to a Common Class Struggle
- A New Conception of Equal Opportunity
- Bibliography
- Index
