The Rise And Rise of Meritocracy
by Dench, GeoffEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-02-12
Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary
The term "meritocracy" entered the English language with the publication of Michael Young'sThe Rise of the Meritocracy,published by Thames and Hudson in 1956. The book was a great success in its time, winning prizes and being translated into many different languages. Its central idea, that the West was moving towards a social order based on intelligence and education, transformed political discourse.Fifty years on, where has the idea of meritocracy led? In this collection, a team of commentators examine what meritocracy means today and how it has evolved. They demonstrate that, while some aspects of contemporary society are meritocratic, Young was right to question the viability of political systems trying to organise themselves directly around the idea.
Author Biography
Geoff Dench is a senior research fellow of the Young Foundation, and was formerly head of sociology and social policy at Middlesex University. He has written a number of books on ethnic relations and on family relationships, and edited several collections.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgements | p. vii |
| Notes on Contributors | p. viii |
| Introduction: Reviewing Meritocracy | p. 1 |
| Origin and Reception | p. 15 |
| The Labour Party as Crucible | p. 17 |
| Meritocracy in the Civil Service, 1853-1970 | p. 27 |
| A Tract for the Times | p. 36 |
| We Sat Down at the Table of Privilege and Complained about the Food | p. 45 |
| The Chequered Career of a Cryptic Concept | p. 61 |
| Looking Back on Meritocracy | p. 73 |
| Relevance to Modern Britain | p. 79 |
| A Brief Profile of the New British Establishment | p. 81 |
| Face, Race and Place: Merit and Ethnic Minorities | p. 90 |
| Marginalised Young Men | p. 97 |
| The Unmaking of the English Working Class | p. 105 |
| Age and Inequality | p. 109 |
| Ship of State in Peril | p. 116 |
| Analytical Value | p. 125 |
| The Moral Economy of Meritocracy: or, the Unanticipated Triumph of Reform, and the Failure of Revolution in the West | p. 127 |
| Japan at the Meritocracy Frontier: From Here, Where? | p. 134 |
| Just Rewards: Meritocracy Fifty Years Later | p. 157 |
| What Do We Mean by Talent? | p. 163 |
| Resolving the Conflict between the Family and Meritocracy | p. 168 |
| Meritocracy and Popular Legitimacy | p. 183 |
| The Future | p. 195 |
| The New Assets Agenda | p. 197 |
| New Labour and the Withering Away of the Working Class? | p. 205 |
| A Delay on the Road to Meritocracy | p. 214 |
| Putting Social Contribution back into Merit | p. 221 |
| Ladder of Opportunity or Engine of Inequality? | p. 232 |
| The Future of Meritocracy | p. 237 |
| Notes | p. 245 |
| Index | p. 263 |
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