Understanding affirmative action [electronic resource] : politics, discrimination, and the search for justice / J. Edward Kellough.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Affirmative action : the concept and the controversy -- Early efforts focusing on equality of opportunity -- Affirmative action and preferential selection -- Assessing the argument : a review of the case for affirmative action -- The Supreme Court and affirmative action : an examination of the early development of statutory and constitutional constraints -- Cases from 1995 to 2003 : challenges, uncertainty, and the survival of affirmative action -- Evidence on the effectiveness of affirmative action -- Affirmative action in the Twenty-first century.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.