Traditionally, the middle class has supported meritocracy and upward mobility, more than the elite has done.
Many years later in 2001, Young protested that Tony Blair's support for meritocracy missed his ironic point.
Where the next generations of leaders can draw a lesson is in Deng's openness to risk and change, in his rejection of xenophobia, in his pragmatic view of the world, and in his support for meritocracy over privilege.
Scientism, crypto-positivism, neoliberalism, and meritocracy, among other factors, support an ideology, a common sense, that argues for reform but achieves more of the same (Kincheloe and Tobin 2009).
Today, political surveys show that there is widespread support for the ideal of political meritocracy in East Asian societies with a Confucian heritage.
Competitive marking is the cornerstone of meritocracy and is widely supported by parents, teachers and students.
But police officials, who describe the system they have set up as a meritocracy, say they enjoy broad public support in pushing for greater declines in crime.
Some of America's justification for it comparatively minimal social support is the myth that America is a meritocracy filled with rapid socioeconomic mobility.
Can we begin to perceive the actual crack in this beautiful notion but unmet reality of meritocracy, and respond in common purpose and sense of community to help lift those who are in need of support?
