books.google.co.uk - The Meritocracy Myth challenges the widely held American belief in meritocracy_that people get out of the system what they put into it based on individual merit. Fully revised and updated throughout, the second edition includes compelling new case studies, such as the impact of social and cultural capital...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_meritocracy_myth.html?id=tfUSxNofp-YC&q=ageism&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe meritocracy myth