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Out of Order - Affirmative Action and the Crisis of Doctrinaire Liberalism (Hardcover)
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Out of Order - Affirmative Action and the Crisis of Doctrinaire Liberalism (Hardcover)
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The policy of affirmative action, today, more so than in the Civil
Rights era, is under severe scrutiny. Nicholas Capaldi's Out of
Order typifies the present-day criticism of affirmative action and
shows how we have shifted from equality of opportunity and
individual merit to the concept of group entitlement and
statistical quality of result. Capaldi contends that affirmative
action has not solved the problem of equal opportunity for which it
was presumably designed, it has instead created a new moral dilemma
in the form of reverse discrimination.
Out of Order highlights key affirmative action issues from the time
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 through the Bakke decision, the
Weber case of 1979, and beyond. Capaldi illuminates not only the
historical/judicial complexion of affirmative action policies but
also their philosophical and social implications. Capaldi questions
the necessity of affirmative action, whether its creation was based
upon a valid definition of the nature and extent of discrimination,
and whether it is a suitable policy for dealing with
discrimination.
Capaldi maintains that the creation of affirmative action evolved
more out of social theory than social reality. By carefully
documenting the legislative and judicial history of the Civil
Rights Act, the author argues that affirmative action is a
bureaucratic fabrication, that it is not a solution to a problem
but a policy in search of problems.
The crux of Capaldi's thesis boldly claims that affirmative action
is perpetuated by the self-interest of "modern liberals" who "guide
and control the system from their superior vantage point."
Moreover, affirmative action is centered on education and has its
roots in doctrinaire liberalism. Since that social philosophy
attaches a crucial role to education, and since the conflicting
demands made upon the modern American university have exposed its
inability to generate coherent policies, doctrinaire liberalism has
undergone a crisis of confidence.
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