@article{1387876,
      recid = {1387876},
      author = {Kohn, Alfie.},
      title = {No contest : the case against competition /},
      pages = {ix, 324 pages ;},
      abstract = {Competition may be as American as apple pie, but social  scientist Alfie Kohn argues that our struggle to defeat one  another--at work, at school, at play, and at home--turns  all of us into losers. Contrary to the myths with which we  have been raised, Kohn shows that competition is not an  inevitable part of human nature. It does not motivate us to  do our best. Rather than building character, competition  sabotages self-esteem and ruins relationships. Kohn argues  that we need to restructure our institutions so that one  person's success does not depend on another's failure. For  this revised edition, he adds a detailed account of how  students can learn more effectively by working  cooperatively in the classroom instead of struggling to be  Number One.--From publisher description.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1387876},
}