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Auteur(s) : Littler, Jo (1972-....)
Titre(s) : Against meritocracy [Texte imprimé] : culture, power and myths of mobility / Jo Littler
Publication : Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis group,
2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIV-236 p.) : ill. ; 23 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. en fin de chapitres. Index
Meritocracy today involves the idea that whatever your social position at birth, society
ought to offer enough opportunity and mobility for 'talent' to combine with 'effort'
in order to 'rise to the top'. This idea is one of the most prevalent social and cultural
tropes of our time, as palpable in the speeches of politicians as in popular culture.
In this book Jo Littler argues that meritocracy is the key cultural means of legitimation
for contemporary neoliberal culture – and that whilst it promises opportunity, it
in fact creates new forms of social division. Against Meritocracy is split into two
parts. Part I explores the genealogies of meritocracy within social theory, political
discourse and working cultures. It traces the dramatic U-turn in meritocracy's meaning,
from socialist slur to a contemporary ideal of how a society should be organised.
Part II uses a series of case studies to analyse the cultural pull of popular ‘parables
of progress', from reality TV to the super-rich and celebrity CEOs, from social media
controversies to the rise of the 'mumpreneur'. Paying special attention to the role
of gender, ‘race' and class, this book provides new conceptualisations of the meaning
of meritocracy in contemporary culture and society
Sujet(s) : Mobilité sociale
Mérite -- Société
Ploutocratie
Pouvoir (sciences sociales)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781138889545 (rel.). - ISBN 1138889547. - ISBN 9781138889552. - ISBN 1138889555.
- ISBN 9781315712802 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb453732112
Notice n° :
FRBNF45373211
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