Meritocracy and Americans' Views on Distributive Justice

Informationen zum Autor Richard T. Longoria is assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences at National-Louis University in Chicago. Klappentext This book focuses on public opinion on issues related to the theory of meritocracy. It employs survey data from a variety of sources in an attempt to understand public sentiments, highlighting the contradictory nature of American public opinion and questioning the belief that Americans fully embrace the meritocratic ethos. Zusammenfassung This book focuses on public opinion on issues related to the theory of meritocracy. It employs survey data from a variety of sources in an attempt to understand public sentiments! highlighting the contradictory nature of American public opinion and questioning the belief that Americans fully embrace the meritocratic ethos. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Table of Contents 2 List of Tables 3 Preface 4 Acknowledgments Chapter 5 1. What is Meritocracy? Chapter 6 2. Understanding Public Opinion and the Philosophical Debate Chapter 7 3. Popular Ideas Concerning Meritocracy Chapter 8 4. Meritocracy Revealed: The Case of Inheritance and Its Taxation Chapter 9 5. Meritocracy Revealed: The Case of Affirmative Action Chapter 10 6. The Consequences for American Democracy Chapter 11 7. Conclusions 12 Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Richard T. Longoria
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2008
• EAN: 9780739123485
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-2348-5
• No. of pages: 156
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Judicial Branch, Political structures: democracy, Comparative Politics, Central / national / federal government, Central government