The Singaporean myth of meritocracy : perceptions of university experiences based on class lines

This study interviewed and evaluated the lived, everyday experiences of university students. It reveals how individuals’ thoughts and actions are guided by Bourdieu’s concept of habitus, which refers to internalized dispositions derived from past experiences. Habitus is mitigated by constraints and...

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Main Author:	Tay, Rachel
Other Authors:	Muhammad Saidul Islam
Format:	Final Year Project
Language:	English
Published:	2018
Subjects:	DRNTU::Social sciences
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73650
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Institution:	Nanyang Technological University
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spelling	sg-ntu-dr.10356-736502019-12-10T12:57:48Z The Singaporean myth of meritocracy : perceptions of university experiences based on class lines Tay, Rachel Muhammad Saidul Islam School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences This study interviewed and evaluated the lived, everyday experiences of university students. It reveals how individuals’ thoughts and actions are guided by Bourdieu’s concept of habitus, which refers to internalized dispositions derived from past experiences. Habitus is mitigated by constraints and opportunities found within the individual’s field of play, as well as resources or capital made accessible to the individual. In so doing, this paper reveals how habitus can work to either limit or enable an individual. This leads to inequalities that are obscured due to individuals’ individualization of successes and failures within an environment that perpetuates a fair and equitable discourse of meritocracy. Over time, individuals themselves help to perpetuate the meritocratic myth, having naturalized class differences and inequalities. Bachelor of Arts in Sociology 2018-04-02T08:35:40Z 2018-04-02T08:35:40Z 2018 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73650 en 30 p. application/pdf
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description	This study interviewed and evaluated the lived, everyday experiences of university students. It reveals how individuals’ thoughts and actions are guided by Bourdieu’s concept of habitus, which refers to internalized dispositions derived from past experiences. Habitus is mitigated by constraints and opportunities found within the individual’s field of play, as well as resources or capital made accessible to the individual. In so doing, this paper reveals how habitus can work to either limit or enable an individual. This leads to inequalities that are obscured due to individuals’ individualization of successes and failures within an environment that perpetuates a fair and equitable discourse of meritocracy. Over time, individuals themselves help to perpetuate the meritocratic myth, having naturalized class differences and inequalities.
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title	The Singaporean myth of meritocracy : perceptions of university experiences based on class lines
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The Singaporean myth of meritocracy : perceptions of university experiences based on class lines

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