Big Government and Affirmative Action
Subtitle: The Scandalous History of the Small Business Administration
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: July 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780813121871
Subjects: Central government; Economic history; Industry & Industrial Studies; Small businesses & self-employed; Small Business Management; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; U.S. - Political And Civil Rights; Business & Economics; Politics / Current Events; Small Business Administration; Business/Economics; USA; Government - U.S. Government; Public Affairs & Administration; Small business; United States; Small Business - General; United States.; Affirmative action programs; Government policy; History
First sentence: The Small Business Administration was born as the unwanted offspring of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, an agency eliminated in 1953 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower and a Republican Congress.
Description: "Created by Congress in 1953, the SBA does not conform to traditional interpretations of interests-group democracy. Even though the public - and Congress - favors small enterprise, there has never been a unified group of small business owners requesting the government's help. Indeed, the SBA often has failed to address the real problems of "Mom and Pop" shop owners, fueling the ongoing debate about the agency's viability.".

"Big Government and Affirmative Action draws interesting parallels between affirmative action for small business, which few have questioned, and racial preferences, which remain highly controversial. Showing how the politics of affirmative action often makes strange bedfellows, Bean delves into the fascinating, if frustrating, history of a federal agency."--BOOK JACKET.