The meritocratic moment in West Germany, Singapore, and Japan

该项目旨在调查西德、新加坡和日本精英思想的历史。该项目将通过分析教育改革的历史，对二战后民主社会建立政治合法性的方式产生新的认识。预期的结果包括加深对促进现代社会社会凝聚力的历史条件的理解。该项目应通过促进社会和教育政策制定，从而提高澳大利亚和世界各地议会民主的政治合法性和稳定性，从而产生重大效益。

This project aims to investigate the history of meritocratic ideas in West Germany, Singapore and Japan. The project will generate new knowledge on the ways in which democratic societies built political legitimacy after World War II by analysing the history of education reforms. Expected outcomes include a deeper understanding of the historical conditions which promote social cohesion in modern societies. This project should provide significant benefits by fostering social and educational policy-making which enhances the political legitimacy and stability of parliamentarian democracies in Australia and around the world.