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 -- Being in...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Lanham, Md. u.a.
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc
2014
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| Ausgabe: | 3. ed. |
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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 -- 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, sexism, and other isms -- Growing inequality in the twenty-first century -- Index -- About the authors. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | VII, 255 p Ill. |
| ISBN: | 9781442219823 978-1-4422-1982-3 9781442219816 978-1-4422-1981-6 |