Merit the history of a founding ideal from the American Revolution to the twenty-first century /

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Huvudupphov: Kett, Joseph F.
Institutionellt upphov: ebrary, Inc
Materialtyp: Elektronisk E-bok
Språk:engelska
Utgiven: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.
Serie:American institutions and society
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Innehållsförteckning:
  • 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.