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Author Sandel, Michael J., author

Title The tyranny of merit : what's become of the common good? / Michael J. Sandel
Edition First edition
Published New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020

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Description 272 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Introduction : getting in -- Winners and losers -- "Great because good" : a brief moral history of merit -- The rhetoric of rising -- Credentialism : the last acceptable prejudice -- Success ethics -- The sorting machine -- Recognizing work -- Conclusion
Summary "A world-famous political philosopher, and the bestselling author of Justice, reveals the driving force behind the resurgence of populism: the tyranny of the meritocracy and the resentments it produces"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Polarization (Social sciences) -- United States
Populism -- United States
Merit (Ethics) -- Social aspects -- United States
Public interest -- United States
Social mobility -- United States
Globalization -- Political aspects -- United States
SUBJECT United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century
LC no. 2020012448
ISBN 9780374289980
0374289980