When Race Counts: The Morality of Racial Preference in Britain and America

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Psychology Press, 1995 - 260 páginas

When Race Counts investigates the use of race-conscious practices in social policy in Britain and America. It questions the distinction between affirmative action and preferential treatment, and evaluates the effectiveness of a range of education and employment policies designed to counteract both unintended and direct discrimination against ethnic minorities.

The book uses both empirical and moral analyses to examine the controversial dilemma of whether and in what circumstances preferential treatment may be used as a means of improving the condition of minority groups. John Edwards looks at justifications for overriding the merit principle, particularly in employment, and shows who bears the costs of such a policy, and where the benefits lie. He argues that the merit principle is in itself so flawed that to override it would cause no great damange to justice. He then sets out the requirements of an acceptable policy of minority preference tailored to the disadvantages of specific minority groups.

 

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1 When race counts
1
2 The nature and varieties of affirmative action
7
3 The logic of affirmative action
23
4 Affirmative action in employment
47
5 The real thing
93
6 Raceconscious practice
123
7 Practice compared
151
8 The moral dilemmas of pref erence
163
Contents
264
Illustrations
265
Foreword
266
Acknowledgements
268
1 When race counts
1
2 The nature and varieties of affirmative action
7
3 The logic of affirmative action
23
4 Affirmative action in employment
47

9 Equal opportunities merits and preferences
191
10 Tailored preference
211
A note on methodology
221
Notes
223
Bibliography
231
Name index
245
Subject index
249
Book Cover
259
HalfTitle
260
Title
261
Copyright
262
Dedication
263
5 The real thing
93
6 Raceconscious practice
123
7 Practice compared
151
8 The moral dilemmas of pref erence
163
9 Equal opportunities merits and preferences
191
10 Tailored preference
211
A note on methodology
221
Notes
223
Bibliography
231
Name index
245
Subject index
249
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John Edwards is Reader in Social Policy at Royal Holloway, University of London. His previous books include Positive Discrimination, Social Justice and Social Policy and The Enterprise Culture and the Inner City, both published by Routledge.

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