Burning Down the House

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Burning Down the House is written by Brian Pusser and published by State University of New York Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0791485269 (ISBN 10) and 9780791485262 (ISBN 13).

Burning Down the House presents a riveting analysis of one of the most nationally prominent and bitterly contested policy battles in the history of American higher education: the struggle to eliminate affirmative action at the University of California. A timely and essential addition to the literature on affirmative action, it examines the political, economic, legal, and organizational factors that shaped the debate in California and offers unique insight into the contemporary politics of admissions policy, university governance, and the role of higher education in broader state and national political contests to come.