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Affirmative Action and the Stalled Quest for Black Progress
W. Avon Drake
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Description for Affirmative Action and the Stalled Quest for Black Progress
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
W. Avon Drake and Robert D. Holsworth focus on the landmark case of Richmond v. Croson. In that case, the Supreme Court ruled against the city of Richmond's set-aside program requiring that thirty percent of the money in municipal construction contracts go to minority-owned firms. The authors describe the politics that gave rise to the set-aside program, investigate its actual operation, explore its effects, and detail responses to it in both black and white communities. As they show, the program served important political purposes but produced limited economic benefits for the Black community. Drake and Holsworth conclude by examining the ... Read more
W. Avon Drake and Robert D. Holsworth focus on the landmark case of Richmond v. Croson. In that case, the Supreme Court ruled against the city of Richmond's set-aside program requiring that thirty percent of the money in municipal construction contracts go to minority-owned firms. The authors describe the politics that gave rise to the set-aside program, investigate its actual operation, explore its effects, and detail responses to it in both black and white communities. As they show, the program served important political purposes but produced limited economic benefits for the Black community. Drake and Holsworth conclude by examining the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252065392
SKU
V9780252065392
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About W. Avon Drake
W. Avon Drake (d. 2008) was an associate professor of political science in Virginia Commonwealth University's School L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs. Robert D. Holsworth is a founding director for the Center for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University and serves on the Board of Visitors of Virginia Commonwealth University. He is the coauthor of The ... Read more
Reviews for Affirmative Action and the Stalled Quest for Black Progress
Winner of the Outstanding Book Award from the National Conference of Black Political Scientists, 1997 "I strongly recommend this book to sociologists, political scientists, politicians, and business leaders as an analysis of race relations and economic development."
Lewis M. Killian, author of Black and White: Reflections of a White Southern Sociologist
Lewis M. Killian, author of Black and White: Reflections of a White Southern Sociologist