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Publish Date
2009
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield,
Brand: Rowman Littlefield Publishers,
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language
English
Pages
296
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Equality, Social capital (Sociology), Social mobilityPlaces
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The meritocracy myth
2009, Rowman & Littlefield, Brand: Rowman Littlefield Publishers, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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0742561674 9780742561670
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Table of Contents
The American dream : origins and prospects
On being made of the right stuff : the case for merit
The silver spoon : inheritance and the staggered start
It's not what you know but... : social and cultural capital
Making the grade : education and mobility
Being in the right place at the right time : the luck factor
I did it my way : the decline of self-employment and the ascent of corporations
An unlevel playing field : racism and sexism
Discrimination by any other name : other isms
Growing inequality in the twenty-first century.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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