Merit [electronic resource] : the history of a founding ideal from the American Revolution to the twenty-first century / Joseph F. Kett.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: American institutions and societyPublication details: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.Description: ix, 332 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 179/.9 23
LOC classification:
  • BJ1500.M47 K45 2013eb
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Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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