Merit [electronic resource] : the history of a founding ideal from the American Revolution to the twenty-first century / Joseph F. Kett.
Series: American institutions and societyPublication details: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.Description: ix, 332 pISBN:- 9780801451225 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780801467677 (e-book)
- 179/.9 23
- BJ1500.M47 K45 2013eb
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the faces of merit -- Republic of merit -- Merit and the culture of public life -- Small worlds : competition in the colleges -- Making the grade : managed competition and schooling -- The scientific measurement of merit -- The "presumption of merit" : institutionalizing merit -- Squeeze play : merit in government -- Merit in crisis -- Epilogue : merit, equality, consent.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.