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In the years since desegregation has become national policy, little can be said about whether or not that policy has been successful. Many reasons have been cited as to why the evidence remains inconclusive. These reasons include such factors as the failure to conduct desegregation research within a theoretical framework, the frequent use of inadequate research methodologies, and the overblown or contradictory expectations of what desegregation could accomplish. Of these reasons, perhaps the most important are (1) the imprecise definition of desegregation and (2) the lack of agreement about the substantive areas desegregation might be expected to affect. Both of these problems stemmed from the same source: an inadequate conceptualization of desegregation. Desegregation was initially a legal phenomenon, and as a consequence the courts were at the forefront in providing a definition of that phenomenon.
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Scott, R.R. (1986). Indirect Effects of Desegregation. In: Seidman, E., Rappaport, J. (eds) Redefining Social Problems. Perspectives in Social Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2236-6_16
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