The Unfulfillable Promise of Meritocracy: Three Lessons and Their Implications for Justice in Education

This paper draws on a literature in sociology, psychology and economics that has extensively documented the unfulfilled promise of meritocracy in education. I argue that the lesson learned from this literature is threefold: (1) educational institutions in practice significantly distort the ideal mer...

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Published in:	Social justice research Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 14 - 34
Main Author:	Mijs, Jonathan J. B.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York Springer US 01.03.2016 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Anthropology Aspiration Behavioral Science and Psychology Citizens Discourse Discourse analysis Education Education policy Equal opportunities Equality Inequality Justice Literary criticism Meritocracy Personal failure Personality and Social Psychology Philosophy Political Science Psychology Schools Social justice Social Policy Social structure Sociology Special education Winners New York United States > US Educational institutions Meritocracy Social stratification Educational policy
ISSN:	0885-7466, 1573-6725
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