The meritocracy myth : who gets ahead and why /

The Meritocracy Myth challenges the widely held American belief in meritocracy, that people get out of the system what they put into it based on individual merit. The book examines talent, attitude, work ethic and character as elements of merit and evaluates the effect of nonmerit factors such as fa...

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Main Author:	McNamee, Stephen J., 1950- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2024].
Edition:	Fifth edition.
Subjects:	Social mobility > United States. Equality > United States. Social capital (Sociology) > United States.