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oapen-20.500.12657-259032023-06-28T12:41:17Z Against Meritocracy Littler, Jo Media & Communications meritocracy social mobility neoliberalism upward mobility social inequality bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFD Media studies In 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. 2019-02-09 23:55 2020-03-17 03:00:33 2020-04-01T10:54:15Z 2020-04-01T10:54:15Z 2017 book 1004179 OCN: 1100544149 9781317496045 9781138889545 9781315712802 9781138889552 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25903 eng application/pdf n/a 1004179.pdf https://www.routledge.com/Against-Meritocracy-Culture-power-and-myths-of-mobility/Littler/p/book/9781138889552 Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781315712802 10.4324/9781315712802 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781317496045 9781138889545 9781315712802 9781138889552 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Routledge 102668 KU Select 2018: HSS Backlist Books Knowledge Unlatched open access
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In 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.
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