Affirmative Action, Principles of Justice, and the Evolution of Urban Theory

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ID12438501
AuthorsPaul Schumaker (University of Kansas), Marisa Kelly (0000-0002-7151-1938, University of the Pacific)
Year1999
Volume34
Issue5
Pages619-640
Publication date1999-05-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Affairs Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1078-0874 • E-ISSN: 1552-8332
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/10780879922184112
OpenAlexW2036277527
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited14

Analysis of interviews with 112 elected officials in 12 American cities indicates that their support for affirmative action is more strongly influenced by the justice principles they hold than by the contextual variables normally emphasized by leading urban paradigms. Allegiance to fair equal opportunity and blocking cumulative inequalities enhances support for affirmative action, whereas allegiance to maximizing aggregate utility and retaining market allocations reduces such support. These results suggest that urban paradigms should include the moral principles of participants as well as variables describing the interests that officials represent and the economic, social, political, and cultural contexts that constrain their decisions

Action (physics · Affirmative action · Allegiance · Collective action · Economic Justice · Economics · Inequality · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Social justice · Sociology · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Psychology

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