The Death of Affirmative Action?, livre ebook

Provides a sociological analysis of affirmative action which considers the most recent cases and the context of American racism and admission policies in the 21st century;

Incorporates a clever case study approach that situates competing arguments over affirmative action alongside one another;

Offers a needed update to the literature on affirmative action by bringing the area of study into the 21st century.

Affirmative action in US college admissions has inspired fierce debate as well as several US Supreme Court cases. In this significant study, leading US professors J. Scott Carter and Cameron D. Lippard provide an in-depth examination of the issue using sociological, policy and legal perspectives to frame both pro- and anti-affirmative action arguments, within past and present Supreme Court cases.

With affirmative action policy under constant attack, this is a crucial book that not only explains the state of this policy but also further deconstructs the state of race and racism in American society today.

Introduction

Affirmative Action and Higher Education

Race, the Affirmative Action Debate, Education, and Past Court Cases

Who is Fighting the Fight

Case Study 1: The Gratz/Grutter Supreme Court Cases against the University of Michigan

Case Study 2: The Fisher Supreme Court Cases against the University of Texas at Austin

Conclusions