The Meritocracy Scare.

Deutsch, Karl W.; Edsall, Thomas

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The Meritocracy Scare

Deutsch, Karl W.; Edsall, Thomas

Society, 9, 10, 71-79, Sep-Oct 72

An intensive logical and empirical critique of Herrnstein's suggestion that a state of equal social, economic, and educational opportunities in a society would inevitably produce a meritocracy based on hereditary potential for intelligence. (JM)

Descriptors: Economic Opportunities, Educational Opportunities, Equal Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Heredity, Intelligence Differences, Racial Discrimination, Social Discrimination, Social Structure

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