Redefining equality (Oxford University Press, 1998)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction : the pursuit of equality / Davison M. Douglas and Neal Devins -- Equality and impasse : mobilizing group-based perspectives in an era of group-blindness / Kathryn Abrams -- Civil rights reform in historical perspective : regulating marital violence / Reva B. Siegel -- The illusory distinction between equality of opportunity and equality of result / David A. Strauss -- The word "American" ends in "I can" : the ambiguous promise of the American dream / Jennifer L. Hochschild -- Racial divisions and judicial obstructions / Jeremy Radkin -- The politics of clientele capture : civil rights policy and the Reagan administration / Hugh Davis Graham -- The convergence of Black and white attitudes on school desegregation issues / Christine H. Rossell -- Brown blues : rethinking the integrative ideal / Drew S. Days III -- The social construction of Brown vs. Board of Education : law reform and the reconstructive paradox / Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic -- The irrelevant court : the Supreme Court's inability to influence popular beliefs about equality (or anything else) / Gerald N. Rosenberg -- Can courts make a difference? / Erwin Chemerinsky -- The Supreme Court's pursuit of equality and liberty and the burdens of history / David J. Garrow -- The judicial role in equality decisionmaking / Neal Devins
This work brings together essays which present views about the meaning of equality and providing perspectives on the on-going debates about it. The collection presents a range of opinions and insights that speak to America's ability to define and deal with the politics of equality