Does Inequality Blur Class Lines? Meritocratic Attitudes in Comparative Perspective.
Scholars of inequality generally find that lower‐class individuals are more skeptical of meritocratic narratives that link economic success to individual work effort. However, past research has yielded inconclusive findings about how economic inequality affects meritocratic attitudes across differen...
| Published in: | British Journal of Sociology Vol. 77; no. 4; pp. 661 - 678 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Sep2026
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