Jo Littler: 1 book

Book cover of Against Meritocracy (Open Access)

Against Meritocracy (Open Access)

Culture, power and myths of mobility

by Jo Littler
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2017

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...
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