| Description |
264 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Opposing viewpoints series |
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Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-260) and index. |
| Summary |
Observers present differing views on issues of economic and social justice in the United States, focusing especially on the question of just treatment of minorities and women. |
| Contents |
The U.S. Constitution guarantees social justice / Robert A. Goldwin -- The U.S. Constitution does not guarantee social justice / Bertell Ollman -- America's courts provide social justice / Abram Chayes -- America's courts do not provide social justice / Gerry Spence -- America's economy promotes justice / David Beers -- America's economy is unjust / Paul L. Wachtel -- Poverty and unemployment prove the U.S. economy is unjust / Chris Tilly & Abel Valenzuela -- Poverty does not prove the U.S. economy is unjust / Michael Novak -- Statistics show the U.S. economy promotes equality / Robert Rector & Kate Walsh O'Beirne -- Statistics show the U.S. economy promotes inequality / Thomas Byrne Edsall -- Economic equality should be a legal right / David R. Riemer -- Economic equality cannot be a legal right / Charles Murray -- Racism denies minorities equal opportunities / John E. Jacob -- Racism does not deny minorities equal opportunities / Richard D. Lamm -- The legacy of slavery denies minorities equal opportunities / Orlando Patterson -- The legacy of slavery does not deny minorities equal opportunities / Glenn C. Loury -- Culture prevents minorities from overcoming poverty / Don Wycliff --Culture does not prevent minorities from overcoming poverty / Ishmael Reed -- Increased government spending will give minorities equal opportunities / Ron Johnson -- Promoting self-reliance will provide equal opportunities / Joseph Perkins -- Society must work harder to increase equal opportunities for women / Ruth Sidel -- Increasing equal opportunities for women damages society / George Gilder -- Feminist policies promote social justice / Margarita Papandreou -- Feminist policies do not promote social justice / Nicholas Davidson -- Comparable worth promotes social justice / Teresa Armott & Julie Matthaei -- Comparable worth does not promote social justice / Michael Levin -- Government policies can promote social justice / Lisbeth B. Schorr with Daniel Schorr -- Government policies cannot promote social justice / Philip Smith -- Corporations can promote social justice / Marjorie Kelly -- Corporations cannot promote social justice / Martin Benjamin & Daniel A. Bronstein -- Teaching morality in schools can promote social justice / Kathleen Kennedy Townsend -- Teaching morality in schools cannot promote social justice / Michael Levin -- Volunteers can promote social justice / Nancy Gibbs. |
| Subject |
Civil rights -- United States.
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Minorities -- Civil rights -- United States.
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Social justice.
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United States -- Social policy.
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United States -- Economic policy.
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Civil rights.
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Minorities -- Civil rights.
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| Added Author |
Wekesser, Carol, 1963-
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Swisher, Karin, 1966-
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Rohr, Janelle, 1963-
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| ISBN |
0899084575 pap. |
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0899084826 lib. |
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