Description: The first up-close look at how Supreme Court affirmative action rulings approximated America's racial politics between 1978 and 2023.
Brief description: Nina M. Moore is the Dr. William L. Boyle, Jr. '55 Endowed Chair in Political Science and Professor of Politics at Colgate University. She is the author of Governing Race: Policy, Process and the Politics of Race and The Political Roots of Racial Tracking in American Criminal Justice.
Review Quotes:
"Toeing the Line offers an up-to-date analysis of all the affirmative action cases and places them in the context of not only judicial precedent but also public opinion, political party positions, and the presidency. The main argument--that the Court has been inconsistent and unhelpful in its approach to affirmative action, but so have the public, political parties, and presidents--is new and thought-provoking." -- Charles C. Turner, California State University, Chico