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The meritocracy trap : how America's foundational myth feeds inequality, dismantles the middle class, and devours the elite / Daniel Markovits

Markovits, Daniel, 1969- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

New York : Penguin Books, [2019] [© 2019]

xxiii, 418 Seiten : Diagramme

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references and index. - Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke

Erscheint auch als: Markovits, Daniel, 1969- author : Meritocracy trap. - New York : Penguin Press, 2019 (Online-Ausgabe)

978-0-7352-2199-4 (hardcover); 978-0-7352-2201-4 (paperback)

978-0-7352-2200-7 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe im Fernzugriff)

2019007519

OCoLC: 1120868982     

MS 1300  | MG 70010      Ähnliche Literatur

HT684

305.5/50973

Basisklassifikation: 71.12 (Soziale Stratifikation; soziale Mobilität)

Fachinformationsdienst(e): FID-AAC-DE-7

*USA ; Bürgertum ; Intellektueller ; Soziale Ungleichheit      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Middle class -- United States ; Intellectuals -- United States ; Equality -- United States

It is an axiom of American life that advantage should be earned through ability and effort. Even as the country divides itself at every turn, the meritocratic ideal – that social and economic rewards should follow achievement rather than breeding – reigns supreme. Both Democrats and Republicans insistently repeat meritocratic notions. Meritocracy cuts to the heart of who we are. It sustains the American dream.