Le mérite contre la justice
Second Edition
The notions of merit and equal opportunity constitute not only the precepts of a society where strong inequalities persist, but that they are, in certain ways, contrary to justice. Read More
The notions of merit and equal opportunity have so many devotees that they have become the foundation of a certain neoliberal political viewpoint. This work demonstrates that they constitute not only the precepts of a society where strong inequalities persist, but that they are, in certain ways, contrary to justice.
Marie Duru-Bellat presents the analysis of what one generally hears about merit, the logic that's conferred to us at school, and how this perception evolves in the course of professional life, underlining its arbitrary social characteristics. She then reviews the structural factors (social, psychological, economic) which determine the destiny of an individual, rejecting the deeply individualist rhetoric of merit, which would espouse that the situation of the individual strictly follows from personal choices.
Finally, Merit Vs. Justice emphasizes the necessity to equate the principal of merit with other principles - doubtless giving less weight to diplomas - and redefine its content. It's the sacrosanct French style meritocracy which is thus dissected and put into question!
Marie Duru-Bellat is a sociologist, specializing in questions of education, a professor at Sciences Po Paris and a researcher at Observatoire sociologique du changement (OSC) and at Institut de recherche en éducation (Iredu). She works on the subjects of educational politics, and social and gender inequality in the academic system - both in France and in Europe.
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Specifications
- Publisher
- Presses de Sciences Po
- Edition
- 2
- Author
- Marie Duru-Bellat,
- Collection
- Essai
- Language
- French
- Tags
- , Equality
- Publisher Category
- > Exams > Exams Humanities
- Publisher Category
- > Sociology > Society
- Publisher Category
- > Exams
- Publisher Category
- > Society
- Publisher Category
- > Sociology
- BISAC Subject Heading
- POL000000 POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Onix Audience Codes
- 06 Professional and scholarly
- CLIL (Version 2013-2019)
- 3283 SCIENCES POLITIQUES
- Title First Published
- 22 July 2009
- Subject Scheme Identifier Code
- Thema subject category: Politics and government
- Type of Work
- Monograph
- Original Language
- English
Paperback
- Publication Date
- 30 May 2019
- ISBN-13
- 9782724624601
- Product Content
- Text (eye-readable)
- Extent
- Main content page count : 188
- Code
- 9782724624601
- Dimensions
- 11 x 18 cm
- Weight
- 170 grams
- List Price
- 15.00 €
- ONIX XML
- Version 2.1, Version 3
ePub
- Publication Date
- 30 May 2019
- ISBN-13
- 9782724624625
- Product Content
- Text (eye-readable)
- Code
- 9782724624625
- Technical Protection ebook
- Adobe DRM
- List Price
- 9.99 €
- ONIX XML
- Version 2.1, Version 3
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Contents
Introduction
CHAPITRE 1. LE MÉRITE. JUSTIFICATIONS PSYCHOLOGIQUES, JUSTIFICATIONS SOCIALES
Naturaliser le social, une tentation récurrente
Croire au mérite : entre confort psychologique et idéologie
Des variations selon la position sociale
Les habits scolaires de l'idéologie méritocratique
Scepticisme et divergences face à la méritocratie
Conclusion
CHAPITRE 2. LE MÉRITE À TRAVERS LE PRISME DUMÉRITE SCOLAIRE
Les carrières scolaires, un reflet bien imparfait du mérite
L'école, un espace de compétition non neutre
Particularités et ambiguïtés du mérite scolaire
Des inégalités justes ou injustes ?
Un mérite scolaire fort critiqué
Conclusion
CHAPITRE 3. LE MÉRITE DANS LA VRAIE VIE
Les acteurs, contre la tyrannie des diplômes
Le mérite, c’est ce qui est jugé méritoire
Le marché du mérite et ses déterminants structurels
L’horizon incertain de la méritocratie
Conclusion
CHAPITRE 4. L’ENFERDU(SEUL) MÉRITE
Une perversion des missions du climat et de l’école
La partialité légitime des familles
Les coûts du culte de la performance dans le monde du travail
Peut-on se passer du mérite ?
Conclusion
Conclusion
Bibliographie
Remerciements