Affirmative Action: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes] - Tapa dura

"An inspired idea, this encyclopedia strives to provide a resource for "dispassionate exploration" of this highly volatile, politically controversial, and often emotional issue. The editors have assembled a large roster of contributors, who provide overviews of current scholarship on affirmative action and related topics from a range of social science disciplines including history, political science, sociology, and law, and cover not just the US, but the entire world....Coverage runs well beyond affirmative action as a public policy response to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Like all good reference works, this one can be read selectively with enlightenment, but in the still unsettled nature of affirmative action, even a dispassionate encyclopedia invites its share of controversy. Recommended. All collections."-Choice

"[H]ighly recommended for law and academic collections."-Gale Reference Reviews

"[A] quick, comprehensive, cross-disciplinary reference on affirmative action....A solid purchase for all libraries collecting reference works on law, politics, or public policy."-Library Journal

"This well-designed reference is a valuable resource for students interested in an introduction to persons, theories, legislation, and events associated with affirmative action involving gender, racial, ethnic, military, and religious issues....This reference source would be a worthwhile purchase for high school library media centers emphasizing contemporary issues. Recommended."-Library Media Connection

"ÝH¨ighly recommended for law and academic collections."-Gale Reference Reviews

"ÝA¨ quick, comprehensive, cross-disciplinary reference on affirmative action....A solid purchase for all libraries collecting reference works on law, politics, or public policy."-Library Journal

"ÝA¨ helpful handbook for students, their parents, and counselors who wish to maximize the benefits of applying to colleges and universities that employ affirmative action in their admissions decisions."-Against the Grain

?[H]ighly recommended for law and academic collections.?-Gale Reference Reviews

?[A] quick, comprehensive, cross-disciplinary reference on affirmative action....A solid purchase for all libraries collecting reference works on law, politics, or public policy.?-Library Journal

?[A] helpful handbook for students, their parents, and counselors who wish to maximize the benefits of applying to colleges and universities that employ affirmative action in their admissions decisions.?-Against the Grain

Presents over five hundred alphabetically-arranged entries dealing with affirmative action and its impact on such areas as law, ethics, political science, economics, history, philosophy, and sociology.