The Transformation of Title IX
Regulating Gender Equality in Education- Authors:
- Publisher:
- 2018
Summary
One civil rights-era law has reshaped American society—and contributed to the country's ongoing culture wars
Few laws have had such far-reaching impact as Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Intended to give girls and women greater access to sports programs and other courses of study in schools and colleges, the law has since been used by judges and agencies to expand a wide range of antidiscrimination policies—most recently the Obama administration’s 2016 mandates on sexual harassment and transgender rights.
In this comprehensive review of how Title IX has been implemented, Boston College political science professor R. Shep Melnick analyzes how interpretations of "equal educational opportunity" have changed over the years. In terms accessible to non-lawyers, Melnick examines how Title IX has become a central part of legal and political campaigns to correct gender stereotypes, not only in academic settings but in society at large. Title IX thus has become a major factor in America's culture wars—and almost certainly will remain so for years to come.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2018
- ISBN-Print
- 978-0-8157-3222-8
- ISBN-Online
- 978-0-8157-3240-2
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Table of Contents No access
- Preface No access
- Rights Regulation No access
- The Civil Rights State No access
- Title IX: The Complexities of a Simple Statute No access
- The Enigmatic OCR No access
- The Troubled Return of "Separate but Equal" No access
- Regulation in Fits and Starts, 1972-95 No access
- The Triumph of Parity, 1995-2016 No access
- Athletic Opportunity Costs No access
- Controversies No access
- A Tale of Two Titles No access
- Changing Culture, Building Institutions No access
- The Logic of Expansion No access
- The Politics of Retrenchment No access
- Notes No access Pages 265 - 310
- Index No access Pages 311 - 1





