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What we mean by the American dream : stories we tell about meritocracy /

"Do we live in a meritocracy? Many believe we do and that it is an essential element of the American Dream. Others would say we do not. In this book, Doron Taussig examines how people think about the relationship between merit and achievement. The surprise is that our understanding of how life...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Taussig, Doron (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca [New York] : ILR press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2021.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a American Idols -- Head Starts and Handicaps -- Me, Myself, and I -- Merit without the -ocracy -- What's Deserve Got to Do with It? 
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