Affirmative action and preferential treatment : laws and developments
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Affirmative action and preferential treatment : laws and developments
（Laws and legislation）
Nova Science Publishers, c2012
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This book examines a survey of federal laws containing preferences based on race, gender, or ethnicity. Affirmative action remains a subject of public debate as the result of legal and political developments at the federal, state, and local levels. In recent years, federal courts have reviewed minority admissions programs to state universities; scrutinized the constitutional status of racial diversity policies in public elementary and secondary schools; ruled on minority preferences in public and private employment as a remedy for violation of civil and constitutional rights; and considered federal, state, and local efforts to increase minority participation as contractors and subcontractors on publicly financed construction projects. Also discussed is affirmative action in the workplace; diversity in public education; race discrimination and the Supreme Court; and pay discrimination claims of the Civil Rights Act.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Survey of Federal Laws Containing Goals, Set-Asides, Priorities, or Other Preferences Based on Race, Gender, or Ethnicity
- Federal Affirmative Action Law: A Brief History
- Affirmative Action in Employment: A Legal Overview
- Affirmative Action & Diversity in Public Education: Legal Developments
- Race Discrimination & the Supreme Court: A Legal Analysis of Ricci v. DeStefano
- Pay Discrimination Claims Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act: A Legal Analysis of the Supreme Court's Decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc
- Index.
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