Is Britain a meritocracy?Saunders, P
Britain has been very much a meritocracy, with social class strongly related to intelligence, extensive social mobility between classes depends primarily upon intelligence…and intelligence showing moderately high within-family correlations. Since intellectual ability is also a major predictor of examination...
Meritocracy Add ⊕ 1 Definition A system stating power should be given to individuals on the basis of merit 1.1 Oxford Dictionary A government type in which people are selected based on merit have power. 1.2 Cambridge Dictionary When people have power because of their abilities and not because ...
Britain is not a meritocracy… Presents a standardised admission ratio for measuring widening participation in British medical schools. How there is currently no system in place by which... K Seyan,T Greenhalgh,professor,... - BMJ 被引量: 0发表: 2014年 A Lover's Quarrel: The Original, the...
A vaguely described war—between the “Chinese Hegemony” and an alliance of the United States, Britain, and Russia on the other—so exhausts the Western polities that they lose the ability to even maintain order within the armed services. ...
Young Enterprise is an organization that makes serious efforts to teach all types of young people the general principles of running a business (21)___( originate ) in the United States of America, the idea of YoungEnterprise was introduced into Britain by a successful banker.(22)___it devel...
Brown"s supposed belief in meritocracy and enabling all children to achieve their full potential. Today you will hear the Chancellor profess the Government"s continuing commitment to the abolition of child poverty, encapsulating a view of Britain in which the State tweaks the odds and the tax ...
Sextus Julius Frontinus, another governor of Roman Britain serving later under Vespasian, is also presented in theAgricolaas a “truly great man” — but only “as far as circumstances would permit,” or only so long as his reputation did not overshadow that of the emperor. ...
Canadian scholar Daniel A. Bell argues that the advantages of Chinese-style meritocracy are clear: only those with an excellent performance record make it to the highest levels. Rather than wasting time and money campaigning for votes, leaders can instead seek to improve their knowledge and ...
who chairs a Florida-based group of Tiger 21, a membership network of around 1,200 wealthy individuals who advise one another on investments and philanthropy. A survey of Tiger 21 members, who are based in the US, Britain, Canada, Switzerland and Portugal, found that nearly a quarter planned...