Establishment and Meritocracy (Haus Curiosities) - Softcover

Hennessy, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908323779 ISBN 13: 9781908323774

Verlag: Haus Publishing, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

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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Peter Hennessy is Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History at Queen Mary University of London. Baron of Nympsfield since 2010, he is also a fellow of the British Academy.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Haus Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1908323779
• ISBN 13: 9781908323774
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 96
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