Chen The Fifth Freedom

Jobs, Politics, and Civil Rights in the United States, 1941-1972
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-3139-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 106, 424 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Studies in American Politics

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Chen, Anthony S.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Arbeitsrecht Antidiskriminierung (AGG), Gleichbehandlung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations ix

List of Tables xi

Preface and Acknowledgments xiii

Abbreviations xxi

Chapter 1: On the Origins of Affirmative Action: Puzzles and Perspectives 1

Chapter 2: The Strange Career of Fair Employment Practices in National Politics and Policy, 1941-1960 32

Chapter 3: Experimenting with Civil Rights: The Politics of Ives-Quinn in New York State, 1941-1945 88

Chapter 4: Laboratories of Democracy? The Unsteady March of Fair Employment in the States, 1945-1964 115

Chapter 5: I Have a Dream Deferred: The Fall of Fair Employment and the Rise of Affirmative Action 170

Chapter 6: Conclusions and Implications 230

Appendix 255

Abbreviations in the Notes 287

Notes 291

Index 377

Über Autor(innen)

Anthony S. Chen is associate professor of sociology and public policy at the University of Michigan.