A conflict of principles : the battle over affirmative action at the University of Michigan /

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"Carl Cohen, a left-wing philosophy professor at the University of Michigan who had long fought for civil rights and individual liberty, strongly believed that racial justice can only be attained in a society that is color-blind and that does not operate on the basis of quotas related to race,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cohen, Carl, 1931- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2014.
Temas:
University of Michigan > Trials, litigation, etc.
University of Michigan
Affirmative action programs in education > Law and legislation > Michigan.
Universities and colleges > Admission > Law and legislation > Michigan.
Discrimination in higher education > Law and legislation > Michigan.
LAW > Discrimination.
LAW > Civil Rights.
Affirmative action programs in education > Law and legislation
Discrimination in higher education > Law and legislation
Universities and colleges > Admission > Law and legislation
Michigan
Trials, litigation, etc.
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  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Prologue; 1. How It All Began; 2. Bakke and the Rise of Diversity; 3. From The Nation to Commentary; 4. From Washington to Berlin and Beyond; 5. Naked Racial Preference; 6. The University of Michigan Comes into Focus; 7. Confrontation; 8. Pulling Teeth; 9. Revelation; 10. Further Revelations; 11. What Was I to Do?; 12. Point of No Return; 13. On to the Federal Courts; 14. The Climate of Opinion at Michigan; 15. The Reading Room; 16. Moving Targets; 17. Intervenors; 18. The Thin Line between Permissible and Impermissible
  • 19. 128 Honorary Degrees and a Coat Check20. The Heart of the Trial: 257 to 1; 21. Vindication; 22. Petitions Don't Decide Lawsuits; 23. Why It Smelled Funny; 24. Back on the Home Front; 25. Some Personal Questions; 26. Preparing for the Big Event; 27. The Big Event; 28. The End of Litigation; 29. From Legal Battles to Political Battles: The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative Is Born; 30. Defending the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative; 31. The Constitution of Michigan Amended; 32. Race Preference at the University of Texas; 33. Race Preference in Michigan Is Permanently Ended
  • Appendix A: Freedom of Information Act RequestsAppendix B: The Cohen Report, 20 March 1996; Appendix C: The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI); Notes; Index; Back Cover

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