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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. This is an open access book.

"This work describes the issues that produced such passionate political activism in the 1960s and the specific campaigns that Students for a Democratic Society waged at Princeton University. It then describes the lives of nine of the leaders of the Princeton campaigns, examining the effect of their participation on their choice of careers and subsequent political opinions"--

Since the invention of the intelligence test, there have been frequent claims that the existence of a substantial genetic component to IQ scores has important implications for education. From Terman to Herrnstein and Murray, the social scientists most prominently associated with this position, however, have invariably viewed IQ as the basis for determining a student's social and occupational future at an early age and providing an education to match. Thus the supposed significance of gen etic influence on IQ has invariably reflected a particular ideological view of the purpose of education and its relation to the state that is rooted in conservative political thought.