John Edwards

When Race Counts

The Morality of Racial Preference in Britain and America

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"When Race Counts" investigates the use of race- conscious practices in social policy in America and Britain. 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 endemic and direct discrimination against ethnic minorities. The book utilizes both empirical and moral analyses to examine the controversial dilemma of whether and in what circumstances preferential treatment may be used as a means of improving the condition of minority groups. John Edwards looks at justifications for overriding the merit principle, arguing that it is in itself so flawed that to override it would cause no great damage to justice. He shows who bears the costs of such a policy, and then sets out the requirements of an acceptable policy of minority preference tailored to the disadavantages of specific minority groups.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9780415072939
• ISBN-10: 041507293X
• Artikelnr.: 20975091

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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