The aristocracy of talent (Record no. 10048)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 978-0241391495
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 305.513WOO
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Wooldridge, Adrian.
245 #4 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The aristocracy of talent
Remainder of title how meritocracy made the modern world
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. London
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Penguin Books
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2021
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent viii,481p.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Collection subset: Social Welfare
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. 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?
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Social mobility
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        UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dar es Salaam UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dar es Salaam 01/17/2025   305.513WOO UR008633 01/31/2025 01/17/2025 Book