Redefining equality
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Redefining equality
Oxford University Press, 1998
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Includes index
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Description
This book brings together essays from a distinguished group of scholars, presenting an array of views about the meaning of equality and providing perspectives on the on-going debates about it. By bringing together essays from prominent writers in America in law, history, and social science, the collection presents a range of opinions and insights that speak to America's ability to define and deal with the politics of equality.
Table of Contents
1: Davison M. Douglas and Neal Devins: The Pursuit of Equality
2: Kathryn Abrams: Equality and Impasse: Mobilizing Group-Based Perspectives in an Era of Group-Blindness
3: Reva Siegel: Civil Rights Reform in Historical Perspective: Regulating Marital Violence
4: David A. Strauss: The Illusory Distinction Between Equality of Opportunity and Equality of Result
5: Jennifer L. Hochschild: The Word 'American' Ends in 'Can': The Ambiguous Promise of the American Dream
6: Jeremy Rabkin: Racial Divisions and Judicial Obstructions
7: Hugh Davis Graham: The Politics of Clientele Capture: Civil Rights Policy and the Reagan Administration
8: Christine H. Rossell: The Convergence of Black and White Attitudes on School Desegregation Issues
9: Drew S. Days III: Brown Blues: Rethinking the Integrative Ideal
10: Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic: The Social Construction of Brown v. Board of Education: Law Reform and the Reconstructive Paradox
11: Gerald N. Rosenberg: The Irrelevant Court: The Supreme Court's Inability to Influence Popular Beliefs about Equality (or Anything Else)
12: Erwin Chemerinsky: Can Courts Make a Difference?
13: David J. Garrow: The Supreme Court's Pursuit of Equality and Liberty and the Burdens of History
14: Neal Devins: The Judicial Role in Equality Decision-Making
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