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The Just Meritocracy IQ, Class Mobility, and American Social Policy
Paul Kamolnick
ISBN: 0-275-97922-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97922-5
168 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 2/28/2005
List Price: $83.95 (UK Sterling Price: £57.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • This book is well worth reading. Although written by a seemingly dedicated advocate of Marxist egalitarian morality, it is an encouraging sign that the walls that have kept academic sociolgists and anthropologists mired in ignorance of biological reality are beginning to crumble. Hopefully Kamolnick's book, despite its bias in favor of radical social engineering, will help to close the fissures that currently separate the hard sciences from the social sciences, and allow a greater degree of biological realism to enter the discourse of future generations of social scientists.
    —The Mankind Quarterly     Spring 2005
Description: The author provides a detailed investigation of the facts surrounding human mental ability, its measurement, inheritability, possible neurobiological underpinnings, and its role as a currency in human mate choice. He links human mental ability with educational attainment, occupational attainment, occupational prestige, and earned income. The ethical and policy implications are profound for both liberal democratic and libertarian social thought.

Class mobility is significantly mediated by human intelligence, and intelligence itself is significantly heritable. Liberal democratic and libertarian conservative social policies require substantial revision in light of these findings. New forms of socioenvironmental and genomic intervention recommend themselves.

The author provides a detailed investigation of the facts surrounding human mental ability, its measurement, inheritability, possible neurobiological underpinnings, and its role as a currency in human mate choice. He links human mental ability with educational attainment, occupational attainment, occupational prestige, and earned income. The ethical and policy implications are profound for both liberal democratic and libertarian social thought.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
    Introduction
    Individual Variation in General Mental Ability
    Human Mental Ability and Socioeconomic Status: The "g-Nexus"
    The Meritocratic Ideal and American Social Policy
    Conclusion
    Bibliography
    Index
About the Author: Paul Kamolnick is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at East Tennessee State University.
LCC Class: 305
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