The aristocracy of talent how meritocracy made the modern world
Wooldridge, Adrian.
The aristocracy of talent how meritocracy made the modern world - London Penguin Books 2021 - viii,481p.
Collection subset: Social Welfare
Meritocracy: the idea that people should be advanced according to their talents rather than their status at birth. For much of history this was a revolutionary thought, but by the end of the twentieth century it had become the world's ruling ideology. How did this happen, and why is meritocracy now under attack from both right and left?
978-0241391495
Social mobility
305.513WOO
The aristocracy of talent how meritocracy made the modern world - London Penguin Books 2021 - viii,481p.
Collection subset: Social Welfare
Meritocracy: the idea that people should be advanced according to their talents rather than their status at birth. For much of history this was a revolutionary thought, but by the end of the twentieth century it had become the world's ruling ideology. How did this happen, and why is meritocracy now under attack from both right and left?
978-0241391495
Social mobility
305.513WOO