| Introduction | 第1-13页 |
| Chapter 1: Defining Affirmative Action | 第13-21页 |
| 1．1 What is Affirmative Action? | 第13-14页 |
| 1．2 The Shift from Color-Blindness to Color-Consciousness | 第14-18页 |
| 1．3 The Reasons for the Shift | 第18-21页 |
| Chapter 2: Affirmative Action Revisited | 第21-34页 |
| 2．1 The Decade of the 1970s: A Period of Change | 第21-24页 |
| 2．2 The Decade of the 1980s: A Period of Retrenchment | 第24-28页 |
| 2．3 The Decade of the 1990s: Further Retrenchment | 第28-34页 |
| Chapter 3: The Pros and Cons of Affirmative Action | 第34-41页 |
| 3．1 Arguments in Favor of Affirmative Action | 第34-37页 |
| 3．2 Arguments against Affirmative Action | 第37-41页 |
| Chapter 4: Redirecting Affirmative Action | 第41-69页 |
| 4．1 Public Opinion on Affirmative Action | 第41-50页 |
| 4．2 Searching for an Alternative | 第50-53页 |
| 4．3 Class-Based Affirmative Action | 第53-69页 |
| 4．3．1 What is Class-Based Affirmative Action | 第53-54页 |
| 4．3．2 The Case for Class-Based Affirmative Action | 第54-57页 |
| 4．3．3 The Workings of Class-Based Affirmative Action | 第57-59页 |
| 4．3．4 Evaluation of Class-Based Affirmative Action | 第59-69页 |
| Conclusion | 第69-71页 |
| Notes | 第71-75页 |
| Bibliography | 第75-77页 |
