Burning Down the House: Politics, Governance, and Affirmative Action at the University of California (Frontiers in...

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 320 pages
• Published by: State University of New York Press April 30, 2004
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0791460576
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0791460573
• Book Dimensions: 9.3 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Weighs: 1.1 pounds

Book Description
A riveting analysis of the struggle to eliminate affirmative action at the University of California.

Back Cover Copy
Burning Down the House presents a riveting analysis of one of the most nationally prominent and bitterly contested policy battles in the history of American higher education: the struggle to eliminate affirmative action at the University of California. A timely and essential addition to the literature on affirmative action, it looks at the political, economic, legal, and organizational factors that shaped the debate in California and offers unique insight into the contemporary politics of admissions policy, university governance, and the role of higher education in broader state and national political contests to come.