Okechukwu To Fulfill These Rights

Political Struggle Over Affirmative Action and Open Admissions
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-231-54474-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

In To Fulfill These Rights, Amaka Okechukwu offers a historically informed sociological account of the struggles over affirmative action and open admissions in higher education. Through case studies of policy retrenchment at public universities, she documents the rollback of inclusive policies in the context of shifting race and class politics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Okechukwu, Amaka

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. A Right of Postwar Citizenship: The Emergence OF Mass Higher Education and Race- and Class-Inclusive Admissions
2. Legal Mobilization: Racial Political Strategy and Affirmative Action Retrenchment in the Federal Courts
3. Board Votes and Ballot Initiatives: Racial Political Strategy In Trustee Decision-Making and State Elections
4. A Force of Nature: Student Resistance to Policy Elimination
5. The Limitations of Diversity: Defensive Innovation After the End of Affirmative Action and Open Admissions
Conclusion
Appendix A: Situating Political Struggle Over Affirmative Action and Open Admissions
Appendix B: Research Methodology
Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Okechukwu Amaka:
Amaka Okechukwu (PhD, NYU) is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at George Mason University. Her work has appeared in Research in Conflicts, Social Movements, and Change and in The Sociology Project: Race and Ethnicity.Amaka Okechukwu is an assistant professor of sociology at George Mason University.