Preferential Policies: An International Perspective - Hardcover

Sowell, Thomas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688085997 ISBN 13: 9780688085995

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 1990

Synopsis

Examines the policies of India, South Africa, Israel, the United States, and other nations that are guilty of government-sanctioned preferential treatment

About this title

From Library Journal

In this volume, Sowell (senior fellow, Hoover Inst.) conducts a cross-cultural analysis of government-mandated preferential policies. His sweep includes programs which have been implemented in developed and undeveloped countries for minority and majority segments of the population. Two things are certain: Sowell will be criticized for casting too wide a net, and his conclusions will generate controversy and discussion. Among his findings are that preferential policies often disproportionately aid the relatively most fortunate in a targeted group; that "temporary" preferential policies usually expand the scope of their coverage and become permanent; and that fraudulent claims are endemic to such efforts. Most importantly, Sowell contends that these problems occur because the programs themselves are designed for political expediency rather than long-term societal change. Scheduled to be serialized in Commentary magazine, this book is recommended for all political/social science collections.
- Gene R. Laczniak, Mar quette Univ., Milwaukee
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0688085997
• ISBN 13: 9780688085995
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 221