Reflections on the meritocracy debate in Britain: A response to Richard Breen and John Goldthorpe

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 559-574

  Saunders, Peter ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Ability; British society; Meritocracy; Social class; Social mobility

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; RESEARCH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; RESEARCH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL MOBILITY; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 0036986120     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0007131022000021489     Document Type: Article

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