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Equality and Transparency
Daniel Sabbagh
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Description for Equality and Transparency
paperback. A unique exploration by a French scholar of the contradictions inherent in the practice and justification of affirmative action programs in the United States. Series: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPP; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 343.
Can affirmative action policies be convincingly justified? And how have they been legitimized over time? In a pluridisciplinary perspective at the intersection of political theory and the sociology of law, Daniel Sabbagh criticizes the two prevailing justifications put forward in favor of affirmative action: the corrective justice argument and the diversity argument.He defends the policy instead as an instrument designed to bring about the deracialization of American society. In this respect, however, affirmative action requires a measure of dissimulation in order to succeed.Equality and Transparency explains why this is so and provides a new interpretation of the strategic component in ... Read more
Can affirmative action policies be convincingly justified? And how have they been legitimized over time? In a pluridisciplinary perspective at the intersection of political theory and the sociology of law, Daniel Sabbagh criticizes the two prevailing justifications put forward in favor of affirmative action: the corrective justice argument and the diversity argument.He defends the policy instead as an instrument designed to bring about the deracialization of American society. In this respect, however, affirmative action requires a measure of dissimulation in order to succeed.Equality and Transparency explains why this is so and provides a new interpretation of the strategic component in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
Series
The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy
Number of Pages
257
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349527748
SKU
V9781349527748
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About Daniel Sabbagh
DANIEL SABBAGH is a research fellow at CERI/FNSP. He now teaches at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and at the Université Paris I (La Sorbonne), France.
Reviews for Equality and Transparency
'Equality and Transparency is an erudite and analytically innovative study of affirmative action. It is particularly original and incisive in its treatment of the problematic aspects of the "diversity" rationale. I do not know of a more balanced and comprehensive treatment of the subject." - George M. Fredrickson, Edgar E. Robinson Professor of United States History Emeritus, ... Read more