Against Meritocracy

This timely and unique book uses a multifaceted, transdisciplinary cultural studies approach to analyse how meritocracy works and how it has come to achieve dominance, ultimately arguing against meritocracy and in favour of genuine social equality.

Jo Littler is a Reader in the Centre for Culture and Creative Industries in the Department of Sociology at City, University of London. She is the author of Radical Consumption: Shopping for change in contemporary culture (2009) and co-editor, with Roshi Naidoo, of The Politics of Heritage: The Legacies of 'Race' (2005).