Affirmative action and the quality–fit trade-off

P Arcidiacono, M Lovenheim - Journal of Economic Literature, 2016 - aeaweb.org
This paper reviews the literature on affirmative action in undergraduate education and law
schools, focusing especially on the trade-off between institutional quality and the fit between …

[图书][B] Der Verlust politischer Gleichheit: warum die sinkende Wahlbeteiligung der Demokratie schadet

A Schäfer - 2015 - books.google.com
Bundestagswahlen, Landtagswahlen, Kommunalwahlen, Europawahlen–seit Jahren sinkt
die Wahlbeteiligung in Deutschland. Doch was steht hinter diesem Trend und was bedeutet …

[图书][B] Contemporary political philosophy: An introduction

W Kymlicka - 2002 - books.google.com
This new edition of Will Kymlicka's best selling critical introduction to contemporary political
theory has been fully revised to include many of the most significant developments in Anglo …

Running in place: Low-income students and the dynamics of higher education stratification

MN Bastedo, O Jaquette - Educational Evaluation and …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
The increasing concentration of wealthy students at highly selective colleges is widely
perceived, but few analyses examine the underlying dynamics of higher education …

Character education, the individual and the political

A Peterson - Journal of Moral Education, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Recent critics have suggested that character education (either in and of itself or certain
instantiations of it) is overly individualised and, as a result, fails to engage adequately with …

[图书][B] Theories of democracy: A critical introduction

F Cunningham - 2002 - taylorfrancis.com
This is the first book to be published in this exciting new series on political philosophy.
Cunningham provides a critical and clear introduction to the main contemporary approaches …

[图书][B] The language of law school: learning to" think like a lawyer"

E Mertz - 2007 - books.google.com
Anyone who has attended law school knows that it invokes an important intellectual
transformation, frequently referred to as" learning to think like a lawyer". This process, which …

[图书][B] Civic republicanism

I Honohan - 2002 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Introduction overshadowed by the debates between liberalism and socialism. But it has
become once more a focus of interest and discussion since the apparently sweeping victory …

[图书][B] A pragmatist philosophy of democracy

RB Talisse - 2013 - taylorfrancis.com
In recent years there has been a renewed interest in American pragmatism. In political
philosophy, the revival of pragmatism has led to a new appreciation for the democratic …

[图书][B] Mismatch: How Affirmative Action Hurts Students It S Intended to Help, and Why Universities Won T Admit It

R Sander, S Taylor Jr, S Taylor - 2012 - books.google.com
The debate over affirmative action has raged for over four decades, with little give on either
side. Most agree that it began as noble effort to jump-start racial integration; many believe it …