The Supreme Court, Affirmative Action, and Public Management: Where Do We Stand Today?
- 1 September 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The American Review of Public Administration
- Vol. 21 (3) , 255-269
- https://doi.org/10.1177/027507409102100306
Abstract
The author reviews Supreme Court decisions on affirm ative action to identify the boundaries of permissible voluntary race- or gender-conscious affirmative action by government employers. He concludes that standards of judicial review established prior to 1989 for affirmative action in the public sector have not been eroded by three controversial decisions taken by the Court that year in City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Company, Wards Cove Packing Com pany, Inc. v. Atonio, and Martin v. Wilks. However, the outcomes of these cases could nevertheless have a chilling effect on the willingness of some public employers to engage in permissible affirmative action.Keywords
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