The meritocracy myth
Acknowledgments -- The american dream : origins and prospects -- On being made of the right stuff : the case for merit -- The silver spoon : inheritance and the staggered start -- It?s not what you know but-- : social and cultural capital -- Making the grade : education and mobility -- I did it my w...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Lanham, Boulder, New York, London
Rowman & Littlefield
2018
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| Ausgabe: | Fourth edition |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Acknowledgments -- The american dream : origins and prospects -- On being made of the right stuff : the case for merit -- The silver spoon : inheritance and the staggered start -- It?s not what you know but-- : social and cultural capital -- Making the grade : education and mobility -- I did it my way : the decline of self-employment and the ascent of corporations -- The luck factor : being in the right place at the right time: -- Mobility through marriage : the cinderella effect -- With the collaboration of catherine b. mcnamee -- An unlevel playing field: racism, sexism, and other isms -- Growing inequality in the twenty-first century: what can be done? -- Notes -- Index -- About the author |
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| Beschreibung: | Revised edition of The meritocracy myth, 2014. - Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xiii, 239 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781538103395 978-1-5381-0339-5 9781538103401 978-1-5381-0340-1 |