Constructing Affirmative Action: The Struggle for Equal Employment Opportunity

Contents

Contents Preface ix Abbreviations xiii Introduction 1 1. Fighting Bureaucratic Inertia, 1956–1960 7 2. Becoming the Urban Crisis, 1961–1963 35 3. Grasping at Solutions, 1964–1967 65 4. Pushing the Envelope: The Philadelphia Plans, 1967–1969 103 5. Constructing Affirmative Action, 1970–1973 143 Conclusion: Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity 171 Notes 185 Selected Bibliography 227 Index 235 Illustrations follow page 102 ...