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- catalog abstract "This book 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 first reviews each of the four components of merit--being talented, having the right attitude, working hard, and having high moral character-in terms of its impact on getting ahead. The book then identifies various non-merit factors that suppress, neutralize, or negate the effects of merit. These non-merit factors include the effects of inheritance as unequal starting points in the race to get ahead, the effects of who you know (social capital) and 'fitting in' (cultural capital), being at the right place at the right time (luck), unequal access to educational opportunities, decline in rates of self-employment and the prospects of being a 'self-made' person, and discrimination on the bases of race, sex, age, sexual orientation, physical disability, region, religion, and physical appearance. To more closely approximate a true meritocracy, societal-level reforms would be necessary. In the meantime, the myth of meritocracy is itself harmful because it unfairly exalts the rich and unfairly condemns poor. -- BACK COVER.".
- catalog contributor b13266606.
- catalog contributor b13266607.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "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 : self-employment and mobility -- An unlevel playing field : racism and sexism -- Discrimination by any other name : other isms -- Running in place : the long wage recession.".
- catalog description "This book 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 first reviews each of the four components of merit--being talented, having the right attitude, working hard, and having high moral character-in terms of its impact on getting ahead. The book then identifies various non-merit factors that suppress, neutralize, or negate the effects of merit. These non-merit factors include the effects of inheritance as unequal starting points in the race to get ahead, the effects of who you know (social capital) and 'fitting in' (cultural capital), being at the right place at the right time (luck), unequal access to educational opportunities, decline in rates of self-employment and the prospects of being a 'self-made' person, and discrimination on the bases of race, sex, age, sexual orientation, physical disability, region, religion, and physical appearance. To more closely approximate a true meritocracy, societal-level reforms would be necessary. In the meantime, the myth of meritocracy is itself harmful because it unfairly exalts the rich and unfairly condemns poor. -- BACK COVER.".
- catalog extent "vii, 219 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Meritocracy myth.".
- catalog identifier "0742510557 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0742510565 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Meritocracy myth.".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield,".
- catalog relation "Meritocracy myth.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "305.5/13/0973 22".
- catalog subject "Equality United States.".
- catalog subject "HN90.S65 M35 2004".
- catalog subject "Social capital (Sociology) United States.".
- catalog subject "Social mobility United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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 : self-employment and mobility -- An unlevel playing field : racism and sexism -- Discrimination by any other name : other isms -- Running in place : the long wage recession.".
- catalog title "The meritocracy myth / Stephen J. McNamee and Robert K. Miller, Jr.".
- catalog type "text".