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Author Pedrick, Karin Williamson, author.

Title Inside affirmative action : the executive order that transformed America's workforce / Karin Williamson Pedrick and Sandra Arnold Scham
Published New York, NY : Routledge, 2018

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Contents Foreword: Who, What and When Part 1: Inside and Outside Affirmative Action 1. Our Stories: Two Civil Servants and Ten Administrations 2. The Debate Outside Affirmative Action Part 2: The Making of Affirmative Action 3. Freedom is Not Enough: John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Baines Johnson 4. Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes: Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter 5. On Account of Sex: Afterthought or Stealth BombPart 3: Hesitation and Second Thoughts 6. Jelly Bellies and Indecision: Ronald Reagan's First Term 7. In Pursuit of a Colorblind Society: Reagan's Second Term 8. Legislation is Not Enough: George H.W. Bush Part 4: Four Presidents and the Legacy of a Program 9. The First Black PresidentBill Clinton 10. Affirmative Access, Deregulation and 9/11: The Catastrophic Event that Changed America's Psyche and the Path Forward: George W. Bush 11. From Seneca Falls to Selma to Stonewall: Barack Obama 12. Diversity in a Time of Division: Donald Trump Afterword: What Hath LBJ Wrought
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Foreword: Who, What and When; PART 1: Inside and Outside Affirmative Action; 1. Our Stories: Two Civil Servants and Ten Administrations; Our Stories Follow-First Karin's and then Sandra's; Notes; 2. The Debate Outside Affirmative Action; Notes; PART 2: The Making of Affirmative Action; 3. Freedom Is Not Enough: John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Baines Johnson; Notes; 4. Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes: Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter; Notes; 5."On Account of Sex": Afterthought or Stealth Bomb?
NotesPART 3: Hesitation and Second Thoughts; 6. Jelly Bellies and Indecision: Ronald Reagan's First Term; Notes; 7. In Pursuit of a Colorblind Society: Ronald Reagan's Second Term; Notes; 8. Legislation Is Not Enough: George H.W. Bush; Notes; PART 4: Four Presidents and the Legacy of a Program; 9. The First Black President? Bill Clinton; Notes; 10. Affirmative Access, Deregulation and the Catastrophic Event that Changed America's Psyche: George W. Bush; Notes; 11. From Seneca Falls to Selma to Stonewall: Barack Obama; Notes; 12. Diversity in a Time of Division: Donald Trump; Notes
13. Afterword: What Hath LBJ Wrought?Notes; Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 13, 2018)
Subject Affirmative action programs -- United States -- History
Discrimination in employment -- Government policy -- United States -- History
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
Affirmative action programs
Discrimination in employment -- Government policy
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Scham, Sandra Arnold, author.
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