Establishment and Meritocracy

Name: Establishment and Meritocracy
Brand: Haus Publishing
SKU: 9781908323774
Price: 1450 KES
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ISBN: 9781908323774

by Peter Hennessy

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Haus Curiosities

ISBN-10 1908323779

ISBN-13 9781908323774

Publisher Haus Publishing

Imprint Haus Publishing

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Oct 1st, 2014

Print length 96 Pages

Weight 80 grams

Dimensions 17.80 x 11.70 x 0.80 cms

Product Classification: Society and culture: general Society & culture: general Politics & government Politics and government

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The interlocking themes of Establishment and Meritocracy are a crucial part of the intellectual compost that made Hennessy's generation of postwar Britons. The Establishment and the concept of a growing and eventually self-propelling meritocracy were always at odds, and the policies that brought it about dramatically altered British society.

Like so many of the postwar generation in Britain, Peter Hennessy climbed the ladders of opportunity set up by the 1944 Education Act designed to encourage a more meritocratic society. In this highly personal book, Hennessy examines the rise of meritocracy as a concept and the persistence of the shadowy notion of an establishment in Britain's institutions of state. He asks whether these elusive concepts still have any power to explain British society, and why they continue to fascinate us. To what extent are the ideas of meritocracy and the establishment simply imagined? And if a meritocracy rose in the years following 1945, has it now stalled? With its penetrating examination of the British school system and postwar trends, Establishment and Meritocracy is an important resource for those concerned about the link between education and later success, both for individuals and their societies.

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