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dc.contributor.authorLittler, Jo
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-09 23:55
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-17 03:00:33
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T10:54:15Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T10:54:15Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier1004179
dc.identifierOCN: 1100544149en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25903
dc.description.abstractIn 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.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studiesen_US
dc.subject.otherMedia & Communications
dc.subject.othermeritocracy
dc.subject.othersocial mobility
dc.subject.otherneoliberalism
dc.subject.otherupward mobility
dc.subject.othersocial inequality
dc.titleAgainst Meritocracy
dc.title.alternativeCulture, power and myths of mobility
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.4324/9781315712802
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb
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oapen.relation.isbn9781317496045
oapen.relation.isbn9781138889545
oapen.relation.isbn9781315712802
oapen.relation.isbn9781138889552
oapen.collectionKnowledge Unlatched (KU)
oapen.imprintRoutledge
oapen.grant.number102668
oapen.grant.programKU Select 2018: HSS Backlist Books
oapen.remark.public21-7-2020 - No DOI registered in CrossRef for ISBN 9781138889552
oapen.identifier.ocn1100544149


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