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Brand new: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See the ...
ISBN
9780807043356
Subject Area
Education, Business & Economics
Publication Name
Who's Qualified? : a New Democracy Forum on the Future of Affirmative Action
Publisher
Beacon Press
Item Length
8.5 in
Subject
Human Resources & Personnel Management, General, Higher
Publication Year
2001
Series
New Democracy Forum Ser.
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.3 in
Author
Lani Guinier, Susan Sturm
Item Weight
5.5 Oz
Item Width
5.5 in
Number of Pages
128 Pages

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Publisher
Beacon Press
ISBN-10
0807043354
ISBN-13
9780807043356
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1858013

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
128 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Who's Qualified? : a New Democracy Forum on the Future of Affirmative Action
Publication Year
2001
Subject
Human Resources & Personnel Management, General, Higher
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Education, Business & Economics
Author
Lani Guinier, Susan Sturm
Series
New Democracy Forum Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.3 in
Item Weight
5.5 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2001-001245
Dewey Edition
21
Series Volume Number
12
Dewey Decimal
331.13/3/0973
Synopsis
Affirmative action originated as a plan to correct the historical disadvantage of women and people of color-to make the system more fair. Yet, for over twenty years, it has been repeatedly attacked for being unfair to whites, and even un-American. Guinier and Sturm begin with a critique of affirmative action as it stands now, arguing that a system of selection that determines 'qualification' from test scores and then adds on factors like race and gender doesn't work-either for the people it includes or the people it leaves out. But they go further, asking us to rethink how we evaluate merit. Marshaling lively examples from education and the workplace, they expose the failure of tests to predict success. They provide evidence that people's success depends on the opportunities they have to perform, and that institutions do best when they are open to unanticipated contributions. Offering a model of selection based on performance, not prediction, the authors' reconception of an old ideal suggests at once a smart business practice and a step toward the promise of democratic opportunity. Paul Osterman, Stephen Steinberg, Peter Sacks, and others respond. NEW DEMOCRACY FORUM A series of short paperback originals exploring creative solutions to our most urgent national concerns. The series editors (for Boston Review), Joshua Cohen and Joel Rogers, aim to foster politically engaged, intellectually honest, and morally serious debate about fundamental issues-both on and off the agenda of conventional politics.
LC Classification Number
HF5549.5.A34G85 2001

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