ISBN:
9780226820149
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (ix, 248 pages)
,
Illustrations (black and white).
Series Statement:
Chicago scholarship online
DDC:
306.45
Keywords:
Scientists Rating of
;
Science Social aspects
;
Minorities in science
;
Science
;
Society & culture: general
;
Education
Abstract:
Here is an incisive study showing how cultural ideas of merit in academic science produce unfair and unequal outcomes. In this book, sociologists Mary Blair-Loy and Erin A. Cech uncover the cultural foundations of a paradox. On one hand, academic science, engineering, and math revere meritocracy, a system that recognizes and rewards those with the greatest talent and dedication. At the same time, women and some racial and sexual minorities remain underrepresented and often feel unwelcome and devalued in STEM. How can academic science, which so highly values meritocracy and objectivity, produce these unequal outcomes? Blair-Loy and Cech studied more than five hundred STEM professors at a top research university to reveal how unequal and unfair outcomes can emerge alongside commitments to objectivity and excellence.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2022
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.7208/chicago/9780226820149.001.0001
URL:
https://dx.doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226820149.001.0001
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