| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 246 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Segregation and social inequality -- Race, segregation, and material inequality in the United States -- Segregation, racial stigma, and discrimination -- Racial segregation today : a normative assessment -- Democratic ideals and segregation -- the imperative of integration -- Understanding affirmative action -- The folly and incoherence of colorblindness -- The ordeal and promise of integration. |
| Summary |
More than forty years have passed since Congress, in response to the Civil Rights Movement, enacted sweeping antidiscrimination laws in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Fair Housing Act of 1968. As a signal achievement of that legacy, in 2008, Americans elected their first African American president. Some would argue that we have finally arrived at a postracial America, but The Imperative of Integration indicates otherwise. Elizabeth Anderson demonstrates that, despite progress toward racial equality, African Americans remain disadvantaged on virtually all measures of well-being. Segregation remains a key cause of these problems, and Anderson skillfully shows why racial integration is needed to address these issues. Weaving together extensive social science findings--in economics, sociology, and psychology--with political theory, this book provides a compelling argument for reviving the ideal of racial integration to overcome injustice and inequality, and to build a better democracy. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Equality -- United States.
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Equality. |
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United States. |
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Race discrimination -- United States.
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Race discrimination. |
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Segregation -- United States.
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Segregation. |
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Affirmative action programs -- United States.
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Affirmative action programs. |
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Minorities -- United States -- Social conditions.
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Minorities. |
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Social conditions. |
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United States -- Race relations.
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Race relations. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Anderson, Elizabeth. Imperative of integration. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2010 9780691139814 (DLC) 2010023222 (OCoLC)587248993 |
| ISBN |
9781400836826 (electronic book) |
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1400836824 (electronic book) |
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9780691139814 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0691139814 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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1282692313 |
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9781282692312 |
| Standard No. |
9786612692314 |
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