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Affirmative Action in Perspective

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  • © 1989

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Authors:
  1. Fletcher A. Blanchard

    1. Department of Psychology, Smith College, Northampton, USA

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  2. Faye J. Crosby

    1. Department of Psychology, Smith College, Northampton, USA

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Part of the book series: Recent Research in Psychology (PSYCHOLOGY)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Affirmative Action Policies and Programs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction: Affirmative Action and the Question of Standards

      • Faye J. Crosby, Fletcher A. Blanchard
      Pages 3-7

    3. What Is Affirmative Action?

      • Frances A. Holloway
      Pages 9-19

    4. Affirmative Action and Presidential Executive Orders

      • Dalmas A. Taylor
      Pages 21-29

    5. Affirmative Action and the Courts

      • Jim D. Newman
      Pages 31-49

    6. Employment Screening, Qualifications, and Gender Discrimination: A Case Study of the New York City Firefighters

      • Wessie L. Norris, Maryellen Reardon
      Pages 51-63

    7. Women In Federal Government Employment

      • Nijole V. Benokraitis, Melissa Kesler Gilbert
      Pages 65-80

  3. Reactions to Affirmative Action

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
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    2. Resistance to Affirmative Action: The Implications of Aversive Racism

      • John F. Dovidio, Jeffrey Mann, Samuel L. Gaertner
      Pages 83-102

    3. Affirmative Action and Self-Evaluation

      • Rupert W. Nacoste
      Pages 103-109

    4. Who Likes Affirmative Action: Attitudinal Processes Among Men and Women

      • Francine Tougas, France Veilleux
      Pages 111-124

    5. Administrators’ Perceptions of Affirmative Action in Higher Education

      • Ann Tickamyer, Susan Scollay, Janet Bokemeier, Teresa Wood
      Pages 125-138

    6. Reactions to Affirmative Action: A Case Study

      • Nancy Goldsmith, Diana Cordova, Karen Dwyer, Bergen Langlois, Faye J. Crosby
      Pages 139-146

  4. Why Bother?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
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    2. Labor Market Discrimination in the United States

      • Christopher J. Ruhm
      Pages 149-158

    3. Affirmative Action and Aggregate Data: The Importance of Patterns in the Perception of Discrimination

      • Catherine Twiss, Susan Tabb, Faye J. Crosby
      Pages 159-167

    4. Affirmative Action and the Challenge of the Color-blind Perspective

      • Bernardo M. Ferdman
      Pages 169-176

    5. The Justice of Affirmative Action

      • Susan D. Clayton, Sandra S. Tangri
      Pages 177-192

    6. Effective Affirmative Action Programs

      • Fletcher A. Blanchard
      Pages 193-208
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Racism and sexism remain prevalent in societies today. Based on this proven premise, the authors of Affirmative Action in Perspective maintain that a policy of equal opportunity as practiced in America is not a feasible, realistic solution to the "legacy of racial and sexual discrimination". Drs. Blanchard and Crosby have edited a volume which clearly displays their conviction that affirmative action as a policy has the potential to establish a society more equitable than the society we know now. Distinguished contributors to this volume discuss the policy from a level of definition to actual case studies and further, to the theoretical examination of the justice of affirmative action. Throughout the book the urgency of questioning current policies is evident; so too is the need for basic understanding of the realities of injustice which draw the line between the advantaged and the disadvantaged.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychology, Smith College, Northampton, USA

    Fletcher A. Blanchard, Faye J. Crosby

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Affirmative Action in Perspective

  • Authors: Fletcher A. Blanchard, Faye J. Crosby

  • Series Title: Recent Research in Psychology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9639-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-96971-8Published: 03 April 1989

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-9639-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1431-7532

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 211

  • Topics: Personality and Social Psychology, Sociology, general

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