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This problem is encapsulated in the phrase "Every selection of one is a rejection of many". [33] It was also used by Hannah Arendt in her essay "Crisis in Education", [34] which was written in 1958 and refers to the use of meritocracy in the English educational system. She too uses the term pejoratively.
Myth of meritocracy is a phrase arguing that meritocracy, or achieving upward social mobility through one's own merits regardless of one's social position, is not widely attainable in capitalist societies because of inherent contradictions.
One study found that racial and ethnic discrimination in hiring continues to be a problem globally. "Relative to white applicants, applicants of color from all backgrounds in the study had to ...
What the Trump folks want is to replace an existing meritocracy with the kind of spoils system that turns civil service into a sewer.
Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy is a 2012 nonfiction book written by Christopher Hayes, discussing examples of how meritocracy is exploited in modern America. He argues that there are many competing forces working within America that are causing the financial crisis, elite crisis, media crisis, and, what he sees as the most ...
The term "meritocracy" was coined by Michael Young in his 1958 dystopian essay "The Rise of the Meritocracy" to demonstrate the social dysfunctions that he anticipated arising in societies where the elites believe that they are successful entirely on the basis of merit, so the adoption of this term into English without negative connotations is ...
Discrimination of excellence [1] is the violation of formal equality of opportunity [2] and meritocracy, [3] which reward merits of individuals and overachievement. [1] Discrimination of excellence can be caused by different reasons, including legacy preferences, [4] nepotism, substantive equality, [2] affirmative action [5] or random luck. [6]
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