Against meritocracy: (Record no. 6932)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781138889552 |
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| Classification number | 305.552 |
| Item number | LIT |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Littler, Jo |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Against meritocracy: |
| Remainder of title | culture, power and myths of mobility |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Routledge |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Oxon |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2018 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xiv, 236 p. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price type code | GBP |
| Price amount | 39.99 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Meritocracy today involves the idea that whatever your social position at birth, society ought to offer enough opportunity and mobility for ‘talent’ to combine with ‘effort’ in order to ‘rise to the top’. This idea is one of the most prevalent social and cultural tropes of our time, as palpable in the speeches of politicians as in popular culture. In this book Jo Littler argues that meritocracy is the key cultural means of legitimation for contemporary neoliberal culture – and that whilst it promises opportunity, it in fact creates new forms of social division.<br/><br/>Against Meritocracy is split into two parts. Part I explores the genealogies of meritocracy within social theory, political discourse and working cultures. It traces the dramatic U-turn in meritocracy’s meaning, from socialist slur to a contemporary ideal of how a society should be organised. Part II uses a series of case studies to analyse the cultural pull of popular ‘parables of progress’, from reality TV to the super-rich and celebrity CEOs, from social media controversies to the rise of the ‘mumpreneur’. Paying special attention to the role of gender, ‘race’ and class, this book provides new conceptualisations of the meaning of meritocracy in contemporary culture and society.<br/><br/>(https://www.routledge.com/Against-Meritocracy-Culture-power-and-myths-of-mobility/Littler/p/book/9781138889552) |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Social mobility |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Plutocracy |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Power (Social sciences) |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Public Policy & General Management | 24-25/10220 | 09-07-2024 | Indian Institute of Management LRC | Indian Institute of Management LRC | General Stacks | 07/19/2024 | Bharat Book Distributors | 2830.69 | 1 | 1 | 305.552 LIT | 006320 | 01/01/2025 | 09/03/2024 | 1 | 4354.91 | 07/19/2024 | Book |