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1 online resource (xi, 241 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-234) and index. |
| Contents |
Background and chronology -- Theoretical implications -- The rise of hate speech codes -- The courts act -- While they slept -- The triumph of hate speech regulation. |
| Summary |
Opponents of speech codes often argue that liberal academics use the codes to advance an agenda of political correctness. But Jon B. Gould's provocative book, based on an enormous amount of empirical evidence, reveals that the real reasons for their growth are to be found in the pragmatic, almost utilitarian, considerations of college administrators. Instituting hate speech policy, he shows, was often a symbolic response taken by university leaders to reassure campus constituencies of their commitment against intolerance. In an academic version of "keeping up with the Joneses," some. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hate speech -- United States -- History.
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Hate speech. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Race discrimination -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Race discrimination -- Law and legislation. |
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Freedom of speech -- United States.
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Freedom of speech. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Hate speech. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Gould, Jon B. Speak no evil. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2005 9780226305547 (DLC) 2004025707 (OCoLC)56905328 |
| ISBN |
9780226305134 (electronic book) |
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0226305139 (electronic book) |
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0226305538 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780226305530 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0226305546 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780226305547 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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