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Author Sandel, Michael J., author.

Title The tyranny of merit : what's become of the common good? / Michael J. Sandel.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2027386~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  306.0973 SAN    AVAILABLE
 Naper Blvd. Adult Nonfiction  306.0973 SAN    AVAILABLE
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Description 272 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-258) and index.
Contents Winners and losers -- "Great because good" : a brief moral history of merit -- The rhetoric of rising -- Credentialism : the last acceptable prejudice -- Success ethics -- The sorting machine -- Recognizing work.
Summary "A world-famous political philosopher, and the bestselling author of Justice, reveals the driving force behind the resurgence of populism: the tyranny of the meritocracy and the resentments it produces"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Polarization (Social sciences) -- United States.
Populism -- United States.
Merit (Ethics) -- Social aspects -- United States.
Public interest -- United States.
Social mobility -- United States.
Globalization -- Political aspects -- United States.
United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
ISBN 9780374289980 (hardcover)
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