Hennessy Peter Hennessy

Establishment and Meritocracy (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Like so many of the postwar generation in Britain, Peter Hennessy climbed the ladders of opportunity set up by the 1944 Education Act designed to encourage a more meritocratic society. In this highly personal book, Hennessy examines the rise of meritocracy as a concept and the persistence of the shadowy notion of an establishment in Britain's institutions of state. He asks whether these elusive concepts still have any power to explain British society, and why they continue to fascinate us. To what extent are the ideas of meritocracy and the establishment simply imagined? And if a meritocracy rose in the years following 1945, has it now stalled?With its penetrating examination of the British school system and postwar trends, Establishment and Meritocracy is an important resource for those concerned about the link between education and later success, both for individuals and their societies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Haus Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781908323781
• Artikelnr.: 45253785

Autorenporträt

Peter Hennessy is one of the United Kingdom's leading contemporary historians and is the Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History at Queen Mary University of London. He is the author of definitive books on the United Kingdom's prime ministers, constitution, civil service, and intelligence agencies. His award-winning works of contemporary history include Never Again: Britain, 1945-51, Having it So Good: Britain in the Fifties, and Winds of Change: Britain in the Early Sixties. He is the series editor of the Haus Curiosities, and his books published with Haus include The Bonfire of the Decencies, The Complete Reflections, and Land of Shame and Glory.