Bruce P. Lapenson

Broschiertes Buch

Affirmative Action and the Meanings of Merit

Beschreibung

The public defenses of affirmative action have not convinced the majority of Americans that the policy is necessary and just. The notion that merit and qualifications for academic places and jobs can be judged solely by test scores and grades is seriously called into question by the numerous studies analyzed in this book.

Autor

Bruce P. Lapenson is an assistant professor of political science, specializing in political philosophy, at North Carolina Central University. He is the author of Uncovering Our Masks, A Freud Reader, and has contributed to the Ambiguity in the Western Mind series. Professor Lapenson has also taught at Temple and Rutgers universities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 122
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 189g
• ISBN-13: 9780761843474
• ISBN-10: 0761843477
• Artikelnr.: 25695235