The meritocracy myth
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 -- Being in the right place a...
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Lanham, Md
Rowman & Littlefield
c2009
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| Ausgabe: | 2nd ed |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | 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 -- Being in the right place at the right time : the luck factor -- I did it my way : the decline of self-employment and the ascent of corporations -- An unlevel playing field : racism and sexism -- Discrimination by any other name : other isms -- Growing inequality in the twenty-first century. 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 -- Being in the right place at the right time : the luck factor -- I did it my way : the decline of self-employment and the ascent of corporations -- An unlevel playing field : racism and sexism -- Discrimination by any other name : other isms -- Growing inequality in the twenty-first century |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | ix, 285 p ill 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780742561670 978-0-7425-6167-0 0742561674 0-7425-6167-4 9780742561687 978-0-7425-6168-7 0742561682 0-7425-6168-2 9780742599772 978-0-7425-9977-2 0742599779 0-7425-9977-9 |