Burning down the House : Politics, Governance, and Affirmative Action at the University of California.

Intro -- Burning Down the House -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Burning Down the House:The Politics of Higher Education Policy -- 2. The UC Governance and Decision-Making Structure:History and Context -- 3. The Context Shaping the Affirmative Action Contest at UC -- 4. Interest Articulation and the Illusion of Control -- 5. The New Politics of Governance -- 6. National Contest and Conflict -- 7. Contest, Resistance, and Decision -- 8. Aftermath -- 9. The End and the Beginning -- Appendix 1. SP-1 as Amended and Passed -- Appendix 2. SP-2 as Amended and Passed -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- List of Titles, SUNY series: frontiers in Education.

A riveting analysis of the struggle to eliminate affirmative action at the University of California.

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