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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 the Supreme Court's case law while identifying some of its most remarkable side effects.
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Assessing Justifications for Affirmative Action
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Interpreting Legitimization Strategies for Affirmative Action
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Reviews
'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, Stanford University"From the time America's Constitution-makers protected slavery without daring to use the word, the nation's leaders have often engaged in euphemism and misdirection when trying tomaintain andtrying to transformthe nation's pervasive patterns of racial inequality. Daniel Sabbagh's incisive study shows how today's Supreme Court continues that pattern, not daring either to endracial affirmative action or toembrace openly allthe reasons why it is still needed. A superb book." - Rogers M. Smith, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
About the author
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Equality and Transparency
Book Subtitle: A Strategic Perspective on Affirmative Action in American Law
Authors: Daniel Sabbagh
Series Title: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230607392
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Daniel Sabbagh 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-6382-6Published: 10 October 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-52774-8Published: 10 October 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-60739-2Published: 20 August 2007
Series ISSN: 2945-607X
Series E-ISSN: 2945-6088
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 257
Topics: European Politics, Public Policy, Political Science, Social Policy