The meritocracy myth
By: Stephen J. McNamee and Robert K. Miller Jr
Contributors: Miller, Robert K., 1948-
Edition: Third edition.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9781442219816; 9781442219823
Subjects: Equality; Social capital (Sociology); Social mobility
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The american dream : origins and prospects; title: On being made of the right stuff : the case for merit; title: The silver spoon : inheritance and the staggered start; title: It's not what you know but ... : social and cultural capital; title: Making the grade : education and mobility; title: Being in the right place at the right time : the luck factor; title: I did it my way : the decline of self-employment and the ascent of corporations; title: An unlevel playing field : racism, sexism, and other isms; title: Growing inequality in the twenty-first century.