A cure for discrimination? Affirmative action and the case of California's Proposition 209

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 379-396

  Myers, Caitlin Knowles ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 34247277073     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390706000304     Document Type: Article

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