Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Rise of the Meritocracy
If our article and https://www.etymonline.com/word/meritocracy this are accurate that this book is the source of the common English word "meritocracy", then it is almost certainly notable. Routledge also https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Meritocracy-Classics-Organization-Management/dp/1560007044 apparently calls it a "classic". The article does need serious work, though, as the authors do not seem to be clear on whether it is a book or an "essay" (a word almost never used to describe book-length works). The nom could also be forgiven for having thought, at the time of nomination, that the article was a |coatrack discussing the |etymology of the word "meritocracy", attributing the coining of the word to Young, but doing so based on a primary source, which was definitely inappropriate. (Thanks due to
— User:AllyD, 23:40, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:COATRACK||WP:NOTDICT (Wikipedia:Coatrack articles)