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The tyranny of merit : what's become of the common good?

Sandel, Michael J.2021
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These are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of winners and losers, where the odds are stacked in favour of the already fortunate. Stalled social mobility and entrenched inequality give the lie to the promise that 'you can make it if you try'. And the consequence is a brew of anger and frustration that has fuelled populist protest, with the triumph of Brexit and election of Donald Trump. Michael J. Sandel argues that to overcome the polarized politics of our time, we must rethink the attitudes toward success and failure that have accompanied globalisation and rising inequality.
Author:
Edition:
Paperback edition.
Imprint:
UK : Penguin Books, 2021.
Collation:
272 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Previous edition: London: Allen Lane, 2020.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780141991177 (pbk)
Dewey class:
320.011
LC class:
HN90.P57
Local class:
320.011
Language:
English
BRN:
2903627
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