1st Edition
When Race Counts The Morality of Racial Preference in Britain and America
By John Edwards
Copyright 1995
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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When Race Counts investigates the use of race-conscious practices in social policy in Britain and America. It questions the distinction between affirmative action and preferential treatment, and evaluates the effectiveness of a range of education and employment policies designed to counteract both unintended and direct discrimination against ethnic minorities. The book uses both empirical and... Read more
Chapter 1 When race counts; Chapter 2 The nature and varieties of affirmative action; Chapter 3 The logic of affirmative action; Chapter 4 Affirmative action in employment; Chapter 5 The real thing; Chapter 6 Race-conscious practice; Chapter 7 Practice compared; Chapter 8 The moral dilemmas of preference; Chapter 9 Equal opportunities, merits and p References; Chapter 10 Tailored preference;
Biography
John Edwards is Reader in Social Policy at Royal Holloway, University of London. His previous books include Positive Discrimination, Social Justice and Social Policy and The Enterprise Culture and the Inner City, both published by Routledge.
