Extended Book Review: Historical Reflections on the Meritocracy-Democracy Tension in the United Kingdom, United States and Japan

British Journal of Educational Studies 70 (1):124-128 (2022)
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First coined by British sociologist Michael Young (1958) in The Rise of the Meritocracy, the concept of meritocracy has transformed from its initial satirical meaning and is today a focal discourse...

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