The Civil Rights Society: The Social Construction of Victims"Bumiller is among several scholars who have questioned the excessive reliance on law, especially constitutional law and the Supreme Court, as a means of solving social problems in the United States. The book will generate much discussion among those scholars interested in critical legal studies, sociology of law, race and gender relations, the social psychology of victimization, and social stratification."--Darnell F. Hawkins, Contemporary Sociology. |
Contents
Chapter 1 The Model of Legal Protection | 1 |
Chapter 2 Law and Ideology | 23 |
Chapter 3 The Historical Roots of Antidiscrimination Ideology | 40 |
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