The assault on equality
^IThe Assault on Equality^R critiques the social theory underpinning the social policies of the new political right. From a multi-disciplinary perspective, the authors take issue with the social policy positions of the new right concerning affirmative action, education, family, race, social class, and welfare.
x, 281 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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1. Introduction
2. The History, Biology, and Psychology of IQ
3. A Meritocratic Social Structure?
4. Schools, Poverty, and Opportunity / Peter Knapp and Rick Eckstein
5. Family Matters and Moral Values
6. Race Relations
7. The Assault on Education and Affirmative Action
8. The Political Philosophy of Elitism
9. The Assault on Equality
Appendix 1. Statistical Methods and Issues
Appendix 2. The Scholarship of The Bell Curve