Merit [electronic resource] : the history of a founding ideal from the American Revolution to the twenty-first century / Joseph F. Kett.
Kett, Joseph F.
2013
BJ1500.M47 K45 2013eb
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Title Merit [electronic resource] : the history of a founding ideal from the American Revolution to the twenty-first century / Joseph F. Kett.
Author Kett, Joseph F.
ISBN 9780801451225 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801467677 electronic book
Imprint Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.
Language English
Description ix, 332 p.
Call Number BJ1500.M47 K45 2013eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 179/.9
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Series American institutions and society
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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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