Stephen J McNamee

Meritocracy Myth

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book challenges the widely held belief in meritocracy—that everyone has an equal chance of success based on individual merit and effort. The book considers non-merit factors such as social connections and discrimination. The fourth edition features new material on the current political climate, a new chapter on marriage and mobility, and more.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• 4th edition
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 418g
• ISBN-13: 9781538103401
• ISBN-10: 1538103400
• Artikelnr.: 50444586

Autorenporträt

Stephen J. McNamee is professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. He wrote previous editions of The Meritocracy Myth with Robert K. Miller, Jr. (1949-2015), who was also a professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.

Inhaltsangabe

1 The American Dream: Origins and Prospects 2 On Being Made of the Right
Stuff: The Case for Merit 3 The Silver Spoon: Inheritance and the Staggered
Start 4 It's Not What You Know But . . .: Social and Cultural Capital 5
Making the Grade: Education and Mobility 6 I Did It My Way: The Decline of
Self-Employment and the Ascent of Corporations 7 The Luck Factor: Being in
the Right Place at the Right Time: 8 Mobility Through Marriage: The
Cinderella Effect 9 An Unlevel Playing Field: Racism, Sexism, and Other
Isms 10 Growing Inequality in the Twenty-First Century: What Can Be Done?