Merit: The History of a Founding Ideal From the American Revolution to the Twenty-First Century

Cornell University Press (2012)
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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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BJ1500.M47.K45 2013

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9780801451225   0801451221

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