Meritocracy, Elitism and Inequality.
The appeal of meritocracy is plain to see, because it appears to promote equality of opportunity. However, in this paper we argue that meritocracy is also a deeply elitist project. Firstly, we place Michael Young in context to show how his critique of meritocracy should be understood as a socialist...
| Publicado en: | Political Quarterly Vol. 91; no. 2; pp. 397 - 405 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Apr2020
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