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<P>The term ‘political correctness’ has lately been transformed into a weapon of neo-conservatism. Once used to poke fun at social movements and civil-rights group for occasional lapses into rigidity, it has since become a popular handle for the neoconservative critique of higher education. Aimed at anti-racist and anti-sexist initiatives within universities, colleges, and other major social institutions, the term is used to discredit such innovations as employment equity, selective recruitment of students from groups that have suffered systemic discrimination, sexual harassment policies, and women’s studies programs, casting these as forms of tyranny that destroy academic freedom and merit.</P> <P>This anthology is the first sociological analysis of political correctness and the first study of the phenomenon in Canada. Contributors argue on behalf of an inclusive university, showing that recent reforms not only work toward broadening human rights but provide a welcome reorganization of knowledge. All but two papers have been written specifically for this text.</P> <P>Part One explores the history and social organization of the discourse, with the accent on Canadian material. The e

Who reads Beyond Political Correctness : Towards the Inclusive University?

Author

Stephen Richer and Lorna Weir

Publisher

University of Toronto Press, 340 Nagel Dr., Buffalo, NY 14225 (paperback: ISBN-0-8020-7748-X, $19.95; clothbound: ISBN-0-8020-5025-5, $55)

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9780802050250

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Education, Sociology, Political Science

Updated

2026-03-24