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Jeanne Ballantine defines meritocracy.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social mobility.
- Equality.
- Social capital (Sociology).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (1 min., 31 sec.)) : sound, colour
- Place of Publication:
- London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2017.
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned in English.
- Summary:
- Professor Jeanne Ballantine defines meritocracy as how people achieve their class positions in ideal industrialized societies, based on their personal merit. She further explains that it does not really work like this in real life, particularly for people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
- Participant:
- Academic, Jeanne Ballantine Ph.D.
- Notes:
- Description based on XML content.
- ISBN:
- 9781473999558
- 1473999553
- OCLC:
- 1017716416
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