Preferential Policies: An International Perspective.
SOWELL, Thomas.
Preferential Policies: An International Perspective.
First Edition of Preferential Policies; Inscribed by Thomas Sowell to Law Professor Marc Galanter
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1990.
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First edition of this cross-cultural, economic, and historical analysis examining government-mandated preferential treatment. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to law professor Marc Galanter on the front free endpaper, “To Marc Galanter with best wishes from Thomas Sowell.” The recipient, Marc Galanter, is Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin Law School and Honorary Professor of Law at the National Law University Delhi, widely recognized for his contributions to socio-legal studies and South Asian legal scholarship. His book, Competing Equalities: Law and the Backward Classes in India (1984), is citied several times by Sowell in chapter four of Preferential Policies. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Gatti.
Thomas Sowell is an economist and social theorist associated with the Chicago School tradition and known for his extensive writings on economic policy, race, education, and political philosophy. A longtime senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Sowell has argued consistently for market-oriented approaches to social and economic problems, emphasizing the role of incentives, cultural factors, and institutional constraints in shaping outcomes. 'Preferential Policies' by Sowell is a comparative study of affirmative action and quota-based systems across several countries, including the United States, India, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka. Sowell examines the historical origins, political rationales, and long-term social consequences of policies designed to benefit disadvantaged groups, arguing that such measures often produce unintended economic and social effects.
