Article
Assessing Peter Schuck's Diversity in America: Keeping Government at a Safe Distance
Yale Law and Policy Review
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2005
Disciplines
- American Politics,
- Civil Rights and Discrimination,
- Constitutional Law,
- Law,
- Law and Race,
- Law and Society,
- Legal Studies,
- Other Legal Studies,
- Other Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration,
- Political Science,
- Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration,
- Public Policy,
- Race and Ethnicity,
- Social and Cultural Anthropology,
- Social Policy and
- Sociology
Abstract
Peter Schuck's Diversity In America: Keeping Government at a Safe Distance makes a thoughtful and provocative contribution to debate over the value of diversity in society and how government should regulate it. He argues that while diversity is a valuable resource, government should play a limited role in managing it, protecting diversity where it exists but not actively promoting it. Thus, he supports laws that protect existing or emerging diversity - such as laws against discrimination in education, employment, and housing - while criticizing government policies that seek to create, certify, or cultivate diversity - such as affirmative action, hiring quotas, and legally mandated integration.
Citation Information
Timothy D. Lytton, Assessing Peter Schuck's Diversity in America: Keeping Government at a Safe Distance, 23 Yale L. & Pol'y Rev. 1 (2005).
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