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The Imperative of Integration
Elizabeth Anderson
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Description for The Imperative of Integration
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
More than forty years have passed since Congress, in response to the Civil Rights Movement, enacted sweeping antidiscrimination laws in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Fair Housing Act of 1968. As a signal achievement of that legacy, in 2008, Americans elected their first African American president. Some would argue that we have finally arrived at a postracial America, but The Imperative of Integration indicates otherwise. Elizabeth Anderson demonstrates that, despite progress toward racial equality, African Americans remain disadvantaged on virtually all measures of well-being. Segregation remains a key cause of these ... Read more
More than forty years have passed since Congress, in response to the Civil Rights Movement, enacted sweeping antidiscrimination laws in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Fair Housing Act of 1968. As a signal achievement of that legacy, in 2008, Americans elected their first African American president. Some would argue that we have finally arrived at a postracial America, but The Imperative of Integration indicates otherwise. Elizabeth Anderson demonstrates that, despite progress toward racial equality, African Americans remain disadvantaged on virtually all measures of well-being. Segregation remains a key cause of these ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691158112
SKU
V9780691158112
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About Elizabeth Anderson
Elizabeth Anderson is the John Rawls Collegiate Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is the author of Value in Ethics and Economics.
Reviews for The Imperative of Integration
Winner of the 2011 Joseph B. Gittler Award, The American Philosophical Association One of Choice's Significant University Press Titles for Undergraduates for 2010-2011 [A] real tour de force of philosophical argumentation utilizing social science data.
Brian Leiter, Leiter Reports blog [T]his book is an impressive addition to the growing literature in so-called 'non-ideal' political theory, which as Anderson ... Read more
Brian Leiter, Leiter Reports blog [T]his book is an impressive addition to the growing literature in so-called 'non-ideal' political theory, which as Anderson ... Read more