Meritocracy in Singapore

Educational Philosophy and Theory 52 (11):1139-1148 (2020)
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This article considers the role of meritocracy in the ruling ideology of Singapore. It argues that meritocracy, far from being a system for the management of scarce resources, is in fact the imposi...

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10.1080/00131857.2020.1753034

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