Article
Meritocracy, still without merit : reply to responses.
Journal of Urban Affairs
(2016)
Abstract
"I greatly appreciate Professor Silverman's (2015) and Dr. Popkin's (2015) response to my article. Unfortunately, as I shall detail below, both largely fail to grasp its central claims. More troubling, but to be expected, both (as conventional liberals) also endorse (and even reinforce, perhaps without even realizing it) the pernicious meritocratic ethic I isolate and critique. This, too, is rather unsurprising. As I pointed out, the belief in meritocracy is so deep-rooted in America that it is often simply assumed without much consideration or analysis (see Hayes, 2012)."
Disciplines
Publication Date
February, 2016
DOI
10.1111/juaf.12265
Citation Information
David Imbroscio. "Meritocracy, still without merit : reply to responses." Journal of Urban Affairs Vol. 38 Iss. 1 (2016) p. 116 - 122 ISSN: 1467-9906 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/david-imbroscio/12/