ISBN:
9781501754708
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (186 pages).
Series Statement:
Cornell scholarship online
DDC:
306.0973
Keywords:
Soziale Mobilität
;
Meritokratie
;
American dream
;
Social mobility Psychological aspects
;
American Dream
;
Success Psychological aspects
;
USA
;
United States Economic conditions 21st century
;
United States Social conditions 21st century
Abstract:
This text invites us to question the American Dream. Did you earn what you have? Did everyone else? The American Dream is built on the idea that Americans end up roughly where we deserve to be in our working lives based on our efforts & abilities; in other words, the United States is supposed to be a meritocracy. When Americans think & talk about our lives, we grapple with this idea, asking how a person got to where he or she is & whether he or she earned it. This book tries to find out how we answer those questions. It investigates how we think about whether an individual deserves an opportunity, job, termination, paycheck, or fortune. The book looks into the fabric of American life to explore how various people, including dairy farmers, police officers, dancers, teachers, computer technicians, students, store clerks, the unemployed, homemakers, & even drug dealers got to where they are today & whether they earned it.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2021
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.7591/cornell/9781501754685.001.0001
URL:
https://dx.doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501754685.001.0001
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