The Meritocracy Myth Sample Assignment
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The Meritocracy Myth
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1TASK...............................................................................................................................................1CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................5
INTRODUCTIONMeritocracy is a type of structure , society or arrangement that distributes responsibility,roles , position , power, esteem according to merit or it refers to give rewards, prestige , power tothose who are selected according to merit, it also means ' rule of the talented ' and gradually itbecomes a myth in Australian society in relation to education system (Livingstone, 1998).Also abrief study is done on the ‘non-merit factors’ which can influence a student’s educationaloutcomes. In addition to this a detailed study is done on McNamee and Miller's several ‘non-merit’ factors which “suppress, neutralize, or even negate the effects of merit and create barriersto individual mobility. The aim of present study is to identify effects and outcomes ofMeritocracy myth in Australia regarding its education system(Pocock,2004).MAIN BODYAccording to American dream’s ideology there are limitless opportunities. Individualscan take advantage of many things. There are many merit factors such as income, wealth etc. thatimpact on educational outcome of person to great extent. But apart from this, there are many ninmerit factors that also influence the person’s educational system. Inheritance is considered as oneof the major element that has high effect over individual’s educational outcome. Initial classplacement impact on the future life chances to great extent. Inheritance is the unequal startingpoints in the life of person due to race or many other reasons. One of the major benefit ofinheritance is to have high powered forms (Flood, 2004). McNamee and Miller have identifiednumber of non-merit factors that impact on the educational outcome of the person and creatbarrier for individual. People those who take birth in high class families have friends with same class. But theindividual who born into poor family have poor friends. Sometimes discrimination create barrierfor the people and they fail to get opportunities. Race, sex discrimination creates trouble for thepeople. But bad luck is also associated with it that may suppress the effects of merit. Sometimesperson has ability to get developed but due to bad luck individual gets failed to grab thatopportunity on time. Americans pays more attention on supply side of labour but ignores demandside of labour force (Maddison, Hamilton and Denniss, 2004). There are so many citizens thosewho like to complete higher educations but due to poor economic condition of country they failto get employment opportunities according to their qualifications. 1
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