The Rise and Rise of MeritocracyISBN: 978-1-4051-4719-4
Paperback
282 pages
February 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
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- A team of commentators consider diverse topics such as family
and meritocracy, meritocracy and ethnic minorities, and what is
meant by talent
- Contains commentaries by a selection of researchers, activists
and politicians, from Asa Briggs to David Willetts, on the origin,
meaning and future of meritocracy
- Demonstrates that Michael Young, who wrote The Rise of the
Meritocracy, was right to question the viability of political
systems trying to organise themselves around the idea of
meritocracy
- Essential reading for everyone interested in where we are going, and the future of New Labour itself