merit

(noun)

Something deserving good recognition.

Related Terms

  • merit system
  • patronage
  • spoils system

Examples of merit in the following topics:

  • Providing Public Services

    • However, most public services are merit goods, which are services that may be under provided by the market.
    • Examples of merit goods include the provision of food stamps to support nutrition, the delivery of health services to improve the quality of life and reduce morbidity, subsidized housing and, arguably, education.
  • The Diversity Debate

    • Debates over affirmative action center around the question of whether diversity in the classroom merits a program of state intervention.
  • Termination

    • The Pendleton Civil Service Reform of United States is a federal law established in 1883 that stipulated that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit.
    • The Pendleton Civil Service Reform of United States is a federal law established in 1883 that stipulated that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit.
    • To enforce the merit system and the judicial system, the law also created the United States Civil Service Commission.
  • Federal Grants and National Efforts to Influence the States

    • For project grants, states compete for funding; the federal government selects specific projects based on merit.
  • Federal Jurisdiction

    • Judges must strain to remove the influence of the merits from their jurisdictional rules.
  • Bureaucratic Reform

    • It eventually placed most federal employees on the merit system and marked the end of the so-called "spoils system. " Drafted during the Chester A.
  • Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

    • He had been a National Merit Scholar in high school and graduated from the University of Minnesota with a GPA of 3.51.
  • Controversies Surrounding Affirmative Action

    • Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has argued that affirmative action programs disadvantage minority students because others think that they achieved success due to affirmative action rather than their own merits.
  • Models of Bureaucracy

    • Weberian characteristics of bureaucracy are clear, defined roles and responsibilities, a hierarchical structure and respect for merit.
  • Promoting Public Welfare and Income Redistribution

    • Liberals and conservatives are divided on the merits of the law, but regardless of one's political assessment of the law, it speaks to the government's attempts to improve the wellbeing of the public.
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