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The meritocracy myth
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Title
The meritocracy myth / Stephen J. McNamee and Robert K. Miller Jr.
ISBN
0742510557 (cloth : alk. paper)
0742510565 (paper : alk. paper)
Published
Lanham, Md. ; Oxford : Rowman & Littlefield, c2004.
Physical Description
vii, 219 p. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 23, 2004
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
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