Affirmative Action
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7075853 |
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| Authors | David B Bills (0000-0001-9349-6989), Erin A Kaufman (0000-0002-7636-6602), Erin Kaufman |
| Year | 2009 |
| Publication date | 2009-04-30 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosa017 |
| OpenAlex | W4251503380 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
The term affirmative action encompasses a broad range of voluntary and mandated policies and procedures intended to provide equal access to educational and employment opportunities for members of historically excluded groups. Foremost among the bases for historical exclusion have been race, ethnicity, and sex, although consideration is sometimes extended to other groups (e.g., Vietnam veterans, the disabled). Both the concept of affirmative action and its application have undergone a series of transformations and interpretations. These shifts have contributed to considerable ambivalence in levels of public support for and opposition to affirmative action policies
Affirmative action · Ambivalence · Ethnic group · Opposition (politics · Political science · Politics · Race (biology · Sociology · Gender Studies · Higher Education Research Studies · Law · Psychology · Public Administration · School Choice and Performance · Social Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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