Merit : the history of a founding ideal from the American Revolution to the twenty-first century

Publication Data

• Title Merit : the history of a founding ideal from the American Revolution to the twenty-first century
• Author Joseph F. Kett
• Publisher Cornell University Press
• Publication date 2013
• Publication location Ithaca, New York
• Language English

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.

Topics

• Merit (Ethics) :: Social aspects :: United States
• Social values :: United States :: History
• National characteristics, American :: History
• United States :: History
• United States

Merit : the history of a founding ideal from the American Revolution to the twenty-first century by Joseph F. Kett. ISBN 9780801451225. Published by Cornell University Press in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.