Who’s for Meritocracy? Individual and Contextual Variations in the Faith
Tenret, Elise; Duru-Bellat, Marie (2012), Who’s for Meritocracy? Individual and Contextual Variations in the Faith, Comparative Education Review, 56, 2, p. 223-247
Type
Article accepté pour publication ou publiéDate
2012-05Journal name
Comparative Education ReviewVolume
56Number
2Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pages
223-247
Metadata
Show full item recordAuthor(s)
Tenret, EliseInstitut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Sciences Sociales [IRISSO]
Duru-Bellat, Marie
Abstract (EN)
This article reports on perceptions of meritocracy and support for education-based meritocracy in 26 countries. Using the International Social Survey Program Social Inequality III (1999) survey, we investigate the impact of education on perceptions and support, at both the individual and the country level. At the individual level, education strengthens support for education-based meritocracy but has less impact on perceptions of meritocracy. National indicators are also associated with perceived and preferred meritocracy. Perceived meritocracy is correlated with the expansion of the education system, while the support for education-based meritocracy is correlated with average returns to education. We also find that perceptions and preferences may be affected by such national characteristics as inequality and the average wealth.Subjects / Keywords
Inégalité scolaire; Meritocracy; Education; Etudes; Méritocratie; InégalitésRelated items
Showing items related by title and author.
-
Duru-Bellat, Marie; Tenret, Elise (2010) Document de travail / Working paper
-
Le Pape, Marie-Clémence; Tenret, Elise; Véron, Bérangère; Duru-Bellat, Marie; Pietropaoli, Karine (2018) Article accepté pour publication ou publié
-
Duru-Bellat, Marie; Bedock, Camille; Tenret, Elise (2012) Article accepté pour publication ou publié
-
Duru-Bellat, Marie; Tenret, Elise (2009) Article accepté pour publication ou publié
-
Chauvel, Louis; Croizet, Jean-Claude; Duru-Bellat, Marie; Brinbaum, Yaël; Tenret, Elise (2007-12) Rapport