Without justice for all
Subtitle: the new liberalism and our retreat from racial equality
By: edited by Adolph Reed, Jr.
Contributors: Reed, Adolph L., 1947-
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 460
Subjects: Racism -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century; Liberalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Race relations; United States -- Politics and government -- 1993-2001; United States -- Social policy -- 1993-
Description: Without Justice for All questions, examines, and explains the way a new orthodoxy among American leaders and opinion-makers has contributed to the social stratification and inequality that plagues America today. Contributors look at the history of our social policies since the New Deal, as well as the status of specific policy arenas and political shifts over the past fifty years.

Throughout, the central thread is a critical response to a now conventional argument that liberalism must be reconfigured in ways that retreat from immediate identification with the interests of labor, minorities, and the poor. Without Justice for All, written for both students and general readers, is a timely and important contribution to the dialogue on race in modern America.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-426) and index.