The Resource Rights gone wrong : how law corrupts the struggle for equality, Richard Thompson Ford
Rights gone wrong : how law corrupts the struggle for equality, Richard Thompson Ford
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The item Rights gone wrong : how law corrupts the struggle for equality, Richard Thompson Ford represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
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The item Rights gone wrong : how law corrupts the struggle for equality, Richard Thompson Ford represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
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- "Since the 1960s, ideas developed during the civil rights movement have been astonishingly successful in fighting overt discrimination and prejudice. But how successful are they at combating the whole spectrum of social injustice--including conditions that aren't directly caused by bigotry? How do they stand up to segregation, for instance--a legacy of racism, but not the direct result of ongoing discrimination? It's tempting to believe that civil rights litigation can combat these social ills as efficiently as it has fought blatant discrimination. In Rights Gone Wrong, Richard Thompson Ford, author of the New York Times Notable Book The Race Card, argues that this is seldom the case. Civil rights do too much and not enough: opportunists use them to get a competitive edge in schools and job markets, while special-interest groups use them to demand special privileges. Extremists on both the left and the right have hijacked civil rights for personal advantage. Worst of all, their theatrics have drawn attention away from more serious social injustices. Ford, a professor of law at Stanford University, shows us the many ways in which civil rights can go terribly wrong. He examines newsworthy lawsuits with shrewdness and humor, proving that the distinction between civil rights and personal entitlements is often anything but clear. Finally, he reveals how many of today's social injustices actually can't be remedied by civil rights law, and demands more creative and nuanced solutions. In order to live up to the legacy of the civil rights movement, we must renew our commitment to civil rights, and move beyond them"--
- "How successful is civil rights law in battling social injustice?"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 272 pages
- Contents
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- Entitlement and advantage
- Discriminating tastes
- The unintended consequences of the law
- Civil rights activism as therapy
- Righting rights
- Isbn
- 9780374250355
- Label
- Rights gone wrong : how law corrupts the struggle for equality
- Title
- Rights gone wrong
- Title remainder
- how law corrupts the struggle for equality
- Statement of responsibility
- Richard Thompson Ford
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- "Since the 1960s, ideas developed during the civil rights movement have been astonishingly successful in fighting overt discrimination and prejudice. But how successful are they at combating the whole spectrum of social injustice--including conditions that aren't directly caused by bigotry? How do they stand up to segregation, for instance--a legacy of racism, but not the direct result of ongoing discrimination? It's tempting to believe that civil rights litigation can combat these social ills as efficiently as it has fought blatant discrimination. In Rights Gone Wrong, Richard Thompson Ford, author of the New York Times Notable Book The Race Card, argues that this is seldom the case. Civil rights do too much and not enough: opportunists use them to get a competitive edge in schools and job markets, while special-interest groups use them to demand special privileges. Extremists on both the left and the right have hijacked civil rights for personal advantage. Worst of all, their theatrics have drawn attention away from more serious social injustices. Ford, a professor of law at Stanford University, shows us the many ways in which civil rights can go terribly wrong. He examines newsworthy lawsuits with shrewdness and humor, proving that the distinction between civil rights and personal entitlements is often anything but clear. Finally, he reveals how many of today's social injustices actually can't be remedied by civil rights law, and demands more creative and nuanced solutions. In order to live up to the legacy of the civil rights movement, we must renew our commitment to civil rights, and move beyond them"--
- "How successful is civil rights law in battling social injustice?"--
- Assigning source
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- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ford, Richard T.
- Dewey number
- 342.7308/5
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- KF4749
- LC item number
- .F65 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Civil rights
- Droits civils
- Justice sociale
- Etats-Unis d'Amérique
- Civil rights
- United States
- Bürgerrecht
- USA
- Civil rights
- Label
- Rights gone wrong : how law corrupts the struggle for equality, Richard Thompson Ford
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Carrier category code
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- Carrier MARC source
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- Content category
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- Contents
- Entitlement and advantage -- Discriminating tastes -- The unintended consequences of the law -- Civil rights activism as therapy -- Righting rights
- Control code
- ocn706020972
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 272 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374250355
- Lccn
- 2011010705
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780374250355
- (OCoLC)706020972
- Label
- Rights gone wrong : how law corrupts the struggle for equality, Richard Thompson Ford
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Entitlement and advantage -- Discriminating tastes -- The unintended consequences of the law -- Civil rights activism as therapy -- Righting rights
- Control code
- ocn706020972
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 272 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374250355
- Lccn
- 2011010705
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780374250355
- (OCoLC)706020972
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