TERM OF THE DAY MERITOCRACY Governance by elites who - TopicsExpress



          

TERM OF THE DAY MERITOCRACY Governance by elites who deserve to wield power because they possess merit (defined as intelligence plus effort) instead of by those who merely possess wealth or belong to privileged classes. Such a system, in theory, forms the basis of an equal opportunity society. But, in practice, unrestricted meritocracy may result in a society without rules and concentrate power in only a few hands. The term was coined by the UK sociologist Michael Young in 1958 book, The Rise Of Meritocracy.
Posted on: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 21:50:44 +0000

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