Merit : The History of a Founding Ideal from the American Revolution to the Twenty-First Century /

The idea that citizens' advancement should depend exclusively on merit, on qualities that deserve reward rather than on bloodlines or wire-pulling, was among the Founding ideals of the American republic, Joseph F. Kett argues in this provocative and engaging book. Merit's history, he conte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kett, Joseph (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2013]
Colección:American Institutions and Society
Temas:
Merit (Ethics) > Social aspects > United States.
National characteristics, American > History.
Social values > History > United States.
Social values > United States > History.
Education & History Of Education.
Military History.
U.S. History.
HISTORY / United States / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Faces of Merit
  • 1. Republic of Merit
  • 2. Merit and the Culture of Public Life
  • 3. Small Worlds: Competition in the Colleges
  • 4. Making the Grade: Managed Competition and Schooling
  • 5. The Scientific Measurement of Merit
  • 6. The "Presumption of Merit": Institutionalizing Merit
  • 7. Squeeze Play: Merit in Government
  • 8. Merit in Crisis
  • Epilogue: Merit, Equality, Consent
  • Notes
  • Index

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