The Rise and Fall of Meritocracy

American presidential candidates pretend to run against Washington even when they are the sons of former presidents. Real damage is done when people lose confidence, not only in the elites, but in the system itself.

The Myth of Chinese Meritocracy

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The children of those who diverge from or who are ostracized by the ruling elite are discriminated against in their access to services.

In my opinion, these people are much more wiser than, not only the political elite, even the intellectual elite, even opposition leaders including political parties.

In countries where traditional wealthy elites have long wielded power, an alternative elite drawn from the middle classes and educated under republican values is politically invaluable. It is no coincidence that many of Chile s democratic reformers of the last two centuries were once students at the Instituto Nacional.

Unfortunately, meritocracy has been eroded by a political culture of sycophancy and cynicism. Designing a screening mechanism to minimize adverse selection in choosing bureaucrats and party officials has become one of the biggest challenges that China s ruling elites confront.

Orwell s Big Brother would not have been amused by this remark. But a member of Brave New World s ruling elite would have taken it in stride.

Moreover, Turkey s economic and social transformation brought forth a new elite. The AKP came to represent this new elite and its quest for political power.

He has a good grasp of English.

Violence or severe restrictions targeting minority groups perceived to have traditionally maintained a prominent position, for example as business elites or in political life and State institutions.

How did the elite deal with that the so called political elite?

Zambia attained her independence from Britain in 1964.

A good knowledge of English was required.

Who would not wish to live in a meritocracy? It is certainly preferable to a plutocracy, in which wealth determines status, or a gerontocracy, in which age leads one to the top, or even an aristocracy, in which what counts are inherited titles and properties.

And the Chinese gave this small ruling elite loads of military weapons and sophisticated technology in order to ensure that people like me would not speak out against this relationship.

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Back then, imported goods consisted mainly of beads, alcohol, and, most importantly, weapons, which enabled these rulers to exercise extreme violence over their people. It was a system that no doubt worked to the benefit of Africa s partners.

It is not easy to master English.

Mastering English is difficult.

The world elite has met here.

The Democratic Merits of Selective Schools

Land in the occupied territories had been registered under the British Mandate for Palestine, Turkish rule or the Jordanian Government.

Now, compare that to the modern systems the ruling elites established on Africa.

It is also a political conflict between elites and the deprived, between traditional leaders and the new generation contesting their authority, between leaders who arose from within their communities and an administration that has been appointed by the State in an effort to modernize administrative rule and to consolidate power.

English isn't easy to master.

She has a perfect command of English, French and Russian.

Fortunately, a lot of the political leaders in the major countries of the world are an elite audience that for the most part gets it now.

I'm talking about the elite.

Economists, bankers, and entrepreneurs as well as of technology or communication experts are common. There are also more traditional politicians personalities who see themselves as representatives of particular social or economic interests, not as apolitical technocrats.

To this must be added another feature that Young described meritocracy means only that another ruling group closes the gates behind it once it has achieved its status. Those who made it on merit now want to have everything else as well not just power and money, but also the opportunity to determine who gets in and who stays out.

That appears to be the case with the Bo Xilai affair in China. One enduring political myth that went down with Bo, the former Communist Party boss of Chongqing municipality, is the notion that the Party s rule is based on meritocracy.

This is precisely the point. The biggest resentment among right wing voters in European countries is reserved for political elites, who, in the opinion of many, have been governing for too long in cozy coalitions, which appear to exist chiefly to protect vested interests.

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The modern sector is the abode of the elites.

A young man... The smartest one of the crowd, mind you.

We need to develop our skills to an elite level.

An astute Statesman, Chinggis Khaan, transformed once and for all the face of the Eurasian continent, bringing together East and West.

Few in Hong Kong are buying the political elite s mantra that the national education program is the right thing to do. They know that practically all of the ruling elite s children attend expensive schools in the United States and the United Kingdom, where they would be shielded from the mindless drivel at home.

The Hippo Generation are the ruling elites.

People are staying away from elite art and criticism.

Just recently, two of Putin s deputies gave interviews to two Western media outlets offering what sounded like starkly opposite visions for Russia s development. But such disputes never spill over into the broad public sphere members of the elite are primarily concerned about social and political stability and would not stir the public by seeking support for an alternative policy course.

He goes, I'm going to the Zara store. It's three miles away.