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9780742510562

The Meritocracy Myth

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  • ISBN13:

    9780742510562

  • ISBN10:

    0742510565

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-06-01
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

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Summary

This book challenges the widely held American belief in meritocracy that people get out of the system what they put into it based predominately on individual merit. The book identifies a variety of factors that suppress, neutralize, or negate the effects of merit, creating non-merit barriers to individual mobility. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Author Biography

Stephen J. McNamee is professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington Robert K. Miller Jr. is professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
1 The American Dream: Origins and Prospects
1(20)
2 On Being Made of the Right Stuff: The Case for Merit
21(28)
3 The Silver Spoon: Inheritance and the Staggered Start
49(22)
4 It's Not What You Know But...: Social and Cultural Capital
71(24)
5 Making the Grade: Education and Mobility
95(22)
6 Being in the Right Place at the Right Time: The Luck Factor
117(20)
7 I Did It My Way: Self-Employment and Mobility
137(18)
8 An Unlevel Playing Field: Racism and Sexism
155(26)
9 Discrimination by Any Other Name: Other Isms
181(16)
10 Running in Place: The Long Wage Recession 197(14)
Index 211(8)
About the Authors 219

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