An unlikely hero: the origins of affirmative action during the Nixon administration

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An unlikely hero: the origins of affirmative action during the Nixon administration

The dissertation builds upon the question of why Nixon, a Republican, implemented the first affirmative action programs. It is divided into three parts. The first charts the liberal approach to race relations and the crisis that attended its collapse. As Habermas noted, a "legitimation crisis&q...

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Main Author:	Yuill, Kevin
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	2001
Subjects:	Richard Nixon Nixon administration affirmative action programs affirmative action programmes civil rights
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11567/

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