An essential, updated guide to contemporary debate on affirmative action. Comprises nearly three decades of writing on the subject from the foundations to the up to the minute discussions. Editor(s): Cahn, Steven M. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFJ; JFSJ; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 410. . 2002. 2nd Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: The Affirmative Action Debate
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2002
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0415938678
ISBN 13: 9780415938679
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 2nd Edition
Condition: New

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This book is an essential guide to the full range of arguments surrounding affirmative action. Following the debate, as no other collection does, from all the early foundational articles to up-to-date selections, the book presents the strongest contributions from both sides of this highly charged issue. For students and general readers seeking to understand the controversy, this book offers a unique guide to the main lines of argument in the discussion.

The contributors include most of the major contributors to the debate: Anita L. Allen, Robert Amdur, Michael D;. Bayles, Tom L. Beauchamp, Barbara R. Bergmann, Derek Bok, William G. Bowen, Carl Cohen, J. L. Cowan, Ronald Dworkin, Robert K. Fullinwider, Alan H. Goldman, Sidney Hook, James W. Nickel, William A. Nunn III, George Sher, Robert Simon, Paul W. Taylor, Abigail Thernstrom, Stephen Thernstrom, Judith Jarvis Thomson, Celia Wolf-Devine, and Paul Woodruff.

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Steven M. Cahn is Professor of Philosophy at CUNY, Graduate Center. He is most recently the author of Exploring Philosophy (2000).

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