Amy L Wax

Race, Wrongs, and Remedies

Group Justice in the 21st Century

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Black Americans continue to lag behind on many measures of social and economic well-being. Conventional wisdom holds that these inequalities can only be eliminated by eradicating racism and providing well-funded social programs. In Race, Wrongs, and Remedies, Amy L. Wax applie...

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780742562868
• ISBN-10: 0742562867
• Artikelnr.: 23485823

Autorenporträt

Amy L. Wax is Robert Mundheim Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she teaches courses on procedure, remedies, and social welfare. From 1988 to 1994, she was an Assistant Solicitor General at the U.S. Department of Justice and has argued fifteen cases before the United States Supreme Court. She lives with her husband and three children in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Chapter 1. The Remedial Ideal and the
Demand for Racial Justice Chapter 3 Chapter 2. Group Disadvantage and the
Case of Race Chapter 4 Chapter 3. Racial Disparities and Human Capital
Deficits Chapter 5 Chapter 4. The Psychology of Victimization Chapter 6 Is
Self-Help Possible? Chapter 7 Reparations, Affirmative Action, and the
Relationship of Race and Class Chapter 8 Notes Chapter 9 Index