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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.

Publisher:

FarrarStraus and Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

272 pages ; 24 cm

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.
United States--Social conditions--21st century.
Instructional and educational works.
Creative nonfiction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN:

0374289980
9780374289980

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1151517070

LCCN:

2020012448

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