Meritocracy, while commanding wide public assent, has been at the center of policy and scholarly debates in the US, in contexts such as workplace hiring policies and university admissions. Yet advocates and critics alike often fail to engage with how the idea is perceived and practiced in different cultures and societies. A global vision of the meritocratic ideal enriches the understanding of meritocracy from any given global and political perspective.
This volume is the second of a two-volume collection that aims to synthesize the state of knowledge about meritocracy and explore different perspectives on its viability. Following the conceptual, normative, and historical explorations of part one, part two considers how meritocracy plays out in different contexts around the world. Articles in this second volume evaluate the extent to which different institutions produce meritocratic outcomes and consider how individuals in different societies think about meritocracy.
