McNamee, Stephen J., 1950-
The meritocracy myth / Stephen J. McNamee and Robert K. Miller Jr. - Third Edition. - vii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgments -- The american dream : origins and prospects -- On being made of the right stuff : the case for merit -- The silver spoon : inheritance and the staggered start -- It's not what you know but-- : social and cultural capital -- Making the grade : education and mobility -- Being in the right place at the right time : the luck factor -- I did it my way : the decline of self-employment and the ascent of corporations -- An unlevel playing field : racism, sexism, and other isms -- Growing inequality in the twenty-first century -- Index -- About the authors.
9781442219816 9781442219823
2013011708
Social mobility--United States.
Equality--United States.
Social capital (Sociology)--United States.
HN90.S65 / M35 2014
305.5/13
The meritocracy myth / Stephen J. McNamee and Robert K. Miller Jr. - Third Edition. - vii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgments -- The american dream : origins and prospects -- On being made of the right stuff : the case for merit -- The silver spoon : inheritance and the staggered start -- It's not what you know but-- : social and cultural capital -- Making the grade : education and mobility -- Being in the right place at the right time : the luck factor -- I did it my way : the decline of self-employment and the ascent of corporations -- An unlevel playing field : racism, sexism, and other isms -- Growing inequality in the twenty-first century -- Index -- About the authors.
9781442219816 9781442219823
2013011708
Social mobility--United States.
Equality--United States.
Social capital (Sociology)--United States.
HN90.S65 / M35 2014
305.5/13