Title 'The Bell curve' in perspective : race, meritocracy, inequality and politics / William H. Tucker

Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2024

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 124 pages) : illustrations Series Palgrave studies in the theory and history of psychology, 2946-2460 Palgrave studies in the theory and history of psychology, 2946-2460 Contents 1.Foreword -- 2.The Bell Curve, Then and Now -- 3.Meritocracy: Places, Everyone! -- 4.Politics and Intelligence: Running Against the Cognitive Elite -- 5.Conclusion: addressing inequality Summary This open access book examines the implications of The Bell Curve for the social, economic, and political developments of the early 21st century. Following a review of the reception of The Bell Curve and its place in the campaign to end affirmative action, Professor Tucker analyses Herrnstein's concept of the "meritocracy" in relation to earlier 20th century eugenics and the dramatic increase in economic inequality over the past 30 years. Tucker demonstrates how, contrary to The Bell Curve's predictions, the reallocation of these huge sums was neither rational nor beneficial for society. The book moves on to situate The Bell Curve within contemporary politics and shows how it can be seen to have played a role in the 2016 US election. This compelling analysis will appeal to scholars and those with an interest in the history of scientific racism, the history of psychology and the sociology of knowledge and science. William H. Tucker (1940-2022) was Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Rutgers University, Camden, USA. He was the author books including: The Cattell Controversy: Race, Science, and Ideology (2009), The Intelligence Controversy (2005), The Funding of Scientific Racism (2002), and The Science and Politics of Racial Research (1994). Professor Tucker sadly died before publication could be completed. This work has been prepared for publication by his colleague Professor Daniel Hart with the permission of his widow Monica Drozd Notes Includes index Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 8, 2023) Subject Herrnstein, Richard J. Bell curve. SUBJECT Bell curve (Herrnstein, Richard J.) fast Subject Racism -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century Racism -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century Race relations -- Political aspects Racism -- Political aspects Social conditions SUBJECT United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 21st century United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9783031416149 3031416147

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