Advances in Infancy Research (7) - Couverture rigide

Rovee-Collier, Carolyn; Lipsitt, Lewis P.; Hayne, Harlene

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0893916668 ISBN 13 : 9780893916664

Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 1992

Synopsis

Affirmative Action was initially an emergency stop-gap measure to resolve a serious and immediate problem. As such, like most temporary corrective measures, it was imperfect: the guidelines vague and definition unclear, with a misguided understanding of merit. Stereotypes have not disappeared from American society. Prejudice has been transformed from overt actions in the 1950s to more subtle and indirect forms that are still prevalent. Salinas shows us that a long-term program is needed to solve the problem of inequality, not just compensate for it.

Affirmative Action was originally needed to deal with disparities - social, economic, political and educational - in America. What is needed is a new, long-term program to attack the root causes of inequality and prejudice. Salinas believes the quest to end disparity in this country must begin with educational reform, abandoning an antiquated educational model designed to serve an emerging industrial society and based on the values of the dominant white class of the time. He applies empirical evidence to reach policy conclusions moving beyond our current Affirmative Action.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

MOISES F. SALINAS is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Central Connecticut State University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Praeger Publishers Inc
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0893916668
• ISBN 13: 9780893916664
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 438
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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