In this article we address one of the most prominent questions in historical sociology: did economic modernization in the nineteenth century lead to societal openness? In an attempt to answer the question we examine the chances for lowerclass grooms of marrying upwardly in five Belgian cities (Aalst, Leuven, Ghent, Verviers, and Liège). Our findings show that there is no support for a meritocra...

In this paper, I examine Sandel’s recent criticism of meritocracy. argue that even though Sandel appeals to the rhetoric luck in his criticism, unlike Rawls, fundamental political aspiration is a kind communitarian republicanism rather than liberal egalitarianism. However, suggestion lottery elements college admission does not help much reducing inequality and polarization. After comparing Mull...

The aim of this paper is to examine the evolution of recruitment of elites and to investigate the nature of the links between recruitment of elites and economic growth. The main change that occurred in the way the Western world trained its elites is that meritocracy became the basis for their recruitment. Although meritocratic selection should result in the best being chosen, we show that merit...

Purpose: meritocracy and incentives for innovation are instruments in the search efficiency increased productivity. The objective of this work is to demonstrate correlation between productivity gains that a franchise network presented year economic crisis Brazil. Design/methodology/approach: method qualitative quantitative approach research used experimentation, based on interviews, observation...