In this paper we study a society in which individuals gain utility from income and from social approbation. Income is correlated with class. Approbation is given to an unobservable trait, which must be signalled through the agent’s social mobility, i.e. class change. Mobility is driven by a simple mechanism involving inheritance, effort and ability. Thus social structure (class composition) is ...

Theorisations of state violence under austerity have been criticised for their imprecision. In response, this article introduces the concept institutional neglect: a specific modality structural violence. We argue that neglect occurs when services deny care to eligible clients. This is normative claim which locates an obligation in body state. Through case studies two local authority-run UK, we...

The amount of meritocracy system establishment in the government agencies of Ahvaz is assessed in this study. Meritocracy is a system in which the job benefits and situations are given to the people just on the basis of merit and not based on the gender, social class, ethnicity or wealth. Statistical society is the employers of government organizations of Ahvaz (N=10377) and the volume of sampl...

Uncompetitive contests for grades, promotions, retention, and job assignments, which feature lax standards limited candidate pools, are often criticized being unmeritocratic. We show that, when contestants strategic, exclusivity can make selection more meritocratic. When many compete a few strategic adopt high-risk strategies. Risk-taking reduces the correlation between performance ability. Thr...