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

by John Edwards

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415072921
• ISBN13: 9780415072922
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.4"