Meritocracy

mobile society, ones class of origin wouldn’t affect ones opportunities to transition to any of the classes within the class hierarchy. This is a system where individuals may climb the class hierarchy with only their merits, thus resulting in a meritocracy rather than an oligarchy. However due to the current economic system…

3. Santiago, The capital of Chile, is located at 33.4500° S, 70.6667° W. It is centred just below the middle of Chile, about 250 kilometres away from the coast of Chile. The nearest major cities/towns from Santiago, is Rancagua, Valparaiso and San Fernando, All are which within 300 kilometres of the capital city. 4. The 3 main zones in Chiles economy is Agriculture, as 13% of workers in Chile work in the Agriculture industry, Tourism, Which has experienced a massive growth in the past 10 years…

get activated.” The good news is. “ Therefore, We Americans have a lot of things in our culture which would support a very strong education system, such as a longstanding rhetoric about the equality of opportunity and a strong and legitimate meritocracy,” says Ripley. In addition, one reason we haven’t made much progress academically over the past 50 years is because it hasn’t been economically…

Affirmative action has been a controversial topic ever since it was established to right past wrongs against minority groups, such as African Americans, Asians, and Hispanics. The goal of affirmative action is to integrate minorities into public institutions, like universities, who have in the past been discriminated against in such environments. Even after all these years since it has been first introduced affirmative action is still a strongly debated topic. In this discussion, I am going to…

competition between two teams in the Canadian Hockey league, the team players consisted of the future stars of the sport, and he tells us that the players had been playing hockey since they were very little kids. He tells us that the Canadian Hockey is a Meritocracy, which is a situation where those who show talent and promise are rewarded for their efforts. He included other examples of how other sport choose their future stars. Gladwell asks questions of what makes an individual successful.…

civil rights movement for Black people in the United States by providing a platform for challenging racial discrimination, fostering scientific and technological education opportunities, and catalyzing shifts in public perceptions of equality and meritocracy. During the Cold War era, racial discrimination was pervasive in various sectors of American society, including the aerospace industry and NASA. Segregation and limited opportunities for Black Americans were common, reflecting broader…

because there are great differences between lower class and upper class. In this essay, the definition of people in lower class is people under the poverty line and the definition of people in upper class is top 10% richest people. Hong Kong is a non-meritocracy society that children…

Russell defines participant observation as getting close to people and becoming familiar with them to the point that your presence makes them feel comfortable enough to observe and record information about their lifestyles and patterns. As an intern that does not work full-time, I am a participant observer. As a participant observer: I am an insider that observes and records some aspects of life in the office. The line between observer and performer is not always clear especially after I have…

Many thinkers in the 1800s had some similar views on how society should be, but also differences about it too. Two major social theorists that have commonalities and differences are Henri de Saint-Simon and Karl Marx. Saint Simon was a French theorist who believed in a merit based society with science progressing society forward. Karl Marx was a German theorist who believed that industrialism was destroying society and communism was the best idea for the individuals and societies. Although their…

proportion in the distribution of places, employments, offices, dignities and in industry” as of men could be seen as promoting meritocracy by which if a woman worked as diligently as other men and women, she should deserve competing on an equal platform for positions amounting to her work done in comparison to others. A similar stance as of the previous declaration for Meritocracy was reiterated in her Article (6) by considering ability as key to individuals’ public standing, while adding…