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Backfire : (Record no. 195556)

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001 - CONTROL NUMBER
control field	backfirereporter00zeln
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
control field	CaSfIA
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION
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008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field	960315s1996 dcu b 001 0 eng
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number	96013733
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency
Transcribing agency	DLC
Modifying agency	BAKER
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--	YDXCP
--	OCLCG
--	UAB
--	CaSfIA
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number	0895264552
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number	9780895264558
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number	(OCoLC)34472985
043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE
Geographic area code	n-us---
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number	HF5549.5.A34
Item number	Z45 1996
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number	331.13/3/0973
Edition number	20
029 1# - (OCLC)
OCLC library identifier	YDXCP
System control number	1010649
029 1# - (OCLC)
OCLC library identifier	NZ1
System control number	3332669
029 1# - (OCLC)
OCLC library identifier	AU@
System control number	000012242257
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name	Zelnick, Robert,
Dates associated with a name	1940-
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title	Backfire :
Medium	[electronic resource]
Remainder of title	a reporter's look at affirmative action /
Statement of responsibility, etc	Bob Zelnick.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc	Washington, D.C. :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc	Regnery Pub. ;
Place of publication, distribution, etc	Lanham, MD :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc	Distributed to the trade by National Book Network,
Date of publication, distribution, etc	c1996.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent	xiii, 415 p. ;
Dimensions	24 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc	Includes bibliographical references and index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc	In this urgently important book, Zelnick looks past the good intentions to how affirmative action really works in such areas as voting rights, employment, minority set-asides, mortgage and insurance regulation, and education.
520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc	Buttressing his case with the latest research data and scores of real-life examples, Zelnick shows overwhelmingly that affirmative action: favors the less qualified over the more qualified; endangers public safety in such areas as crime and fire prevention, and even medical care; has made it all but impossible for business and government to use objective merit selection criteria in hiring and promotion; brings few benefits to those most in need of help, and benefits mostly those who don't need it; distracts from - and even exacerbates the real causes of misery among inner city blacks; has developed powerful constituencies in business and government; has been broadened for political purposes to include beneficiaries who want relief but lack the historical claim of blacks; legitimizes negative stigmas about minorities and pandering to the darker instincts of racial animosity; and as an ideology has proven immune to conclusive evidence that it is counterproductive.
520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc	Zelnick traces how affirmative action was first sold as a short-term program designed to expand employer awareness of qualified minority job applicants, but instead has become a coercive network of race-conscious laws, regulations, quotas, preferences, and entitlement programs - in short, an assault on the very value of equality of opportunity it was supposed to promote. Zelnick also shows how affirmative action is increasingly being challenged in the courts and political arena. He concludes with an in-depth, behind the-scenes report on the affirmative action battles now raging in California, whose outcomes will have major consequences nationwide, and for years to come.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element	Affirmative action programs
Geographic subdivision	United States.
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY
Display text	Online version:
Main entry heading	Zelnick, Robert, 1940-
Title	Backfire.
Place, publisher, and date of publication	Washington, D.C. : Regnery Pub. ; Lanham, MD : Distributed to the trade by National Book Network, c1996
Record control number	(OCoLC)604674317
856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier	<a href="http://www.archive.org/details/backfirereporter00zeln">http://www.archive.org/details/backfirereporter00zeln</a>
Public note	Free eBook from the Internet Archive
856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier	<a href="http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL976608M">http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL976608M</a>
Public note	Additional information and access via Open Library
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type	E-BOOKS

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Backfire : (Record no. 195556)