The Meritocracy Myth |
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| Author:
| McNamee, Stephen J.
Miller, Robert K. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7425-1055-5 |
| Publication Date: | May 2004 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $88.00 |
Book Description:
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This book challenges the widely held American belief in meritocracy_that people get out of the system what they put into it based predominately on individual merit. The book identifies a variety of factors that suppress, neutralize, or negate the effects of merit, creating non-merit barriers to individual mobility.
This book challenges the widely held American belief in meritocracy_that people get out of the system what they put into it based predominately on individual merit. The book identifies a variety of factors that suppress, neutralize, or negate the effects of merit, creating non-merit barriers to individual mobility.