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

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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
Autor principal: Kett, Joseph F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social values.
National characteristics, American.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Valeurs sociales > États-Unis > Histoire.
National characteristics, American > History.
Social values > United States > History.
Merit (Ethics) > Social aspects > United States.
United States.
États-Unis > Histoire.
United States > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the faces of merit
  • Republic of merit
  • Merit and the culture of public life
  • Small worlds : competition in the colleges
  • Making the grade : managed competition and schooling
  • The scientific measurement of merit
  • The "presumption of merit" : institutionalizing merit
  • Squeeze play : merit in government
  • Merit in crisis
  • Epilogue : merit, equality, consent.

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