{"product_id":"9780313338144","title":"Affirmative Action","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHistorical Guides to Controversial Issues in America\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eAffirmative Action\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJohn W. Johnson | Robert P. Green Jr.\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Discrimination\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAffirmative Action\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the fascinating history of a civil rights provision considered vital to protecting and promoting equality, but still bitterly contested in the courts—and in the court of public opinion.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Special consideration\" or \"reverse discrimination\"? This examination traces the genesis and development of affirmative action and the continuing controversy that constitutes the story of racial and gender preferences. It pays attention to the individuals, the events, and the ideas that spawned federal and selected state affirmative action policies—and the resistance to those policies. Perhaps most important, it probes the key legal challenges to affirmative action in the nation's courts. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe controversy over affirmative action in America has been marked by a persistent tension between its advocates, who emphasize the necessity of overcoming historical patterns of racial and gender injustice, and its critics, who insist on the integrity of color and gender blindness. In the wake of related U.S. Supreme Court decisions of 2007, \u003ci\u003eAffirmative Action\u003c\/i\u003e brings the story of one of the most embattled public policy issues of the last half century up to date, demonstrating that social justice cannot simply be legislated into existence, nor can voices on either side of the debate be ignored.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn W. Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of history at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA. He has written widely on U.S. constitutional history and is the author of Greenwood's \u003ci\u003eAmerican Legal Culture, 1908-1940\u003c\/i\u003e as well as editor of the well-received \u003ci\u003eHistoric U.S. Court Cases: An Encyclopedia, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert P. Green, Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e, is alumni distinguished professor of education, educational foundations, at Clemson University's School of Education, Clemson, SC. His published works include \u003ci\u003eEqual Protection and the African American Constitutional Experience: A Documentary History\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19 May 2009\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGreenwood\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780313338144\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e216\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.96\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55553274806412,"sku":"9780313338144","price":61.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_73d477c2-8e68-44fc-b889-e91044f84d44.jpg?v=1788314119","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780313338144","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}