Big Government and Affirmative Action

"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.

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.

Year

2001

Language

English

Publisher

University Press of Kentucky

Editions

2

Pages

224

ISBN

9780813121871

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