The Crisis of the Meritocracy: Britain's Transition to Mass Education Since the Second World War
- ISBN-10
- 0198840144
- ISBN-13
- 9780198840145
- Pages
- 384
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-09-10
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Author
- Peter Mandler
Description
The story of the revolutionary transformation of the British educational system in the second half of the 20th century from a rigid hierarchy for a minority, to a fundamental right of all citizens, one of the most valued and enduring features of the welfare state - and the crisis of the meritocracy that this has entailed.
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