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His father's son.(Book Review)
Adam Bellow In Praise of Nepotism: A Natural History. Doubleday, 576 pages, $30
Nepotism has a bad name. No modern politician who openly avowed his nepotistic inclinations would stand much of a chance of election. "I intend to give as many important positions in government as possible to my children, my brothers, and my cousins" is certainly not a vote-winning formula. Yet nepotism, as Adam Bellow demonstrates in this long book, is rather like the poor: that is to say, it is with us always. The survival of nepotism in a democracy (or for that matter in a communist dictatorship) is often thought to be as surprising, paradoxical, or anomalous as the survival of ...
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- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor July 24, 2003 700+ words
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...theoretical justification. Now we have itIn Praise of Nepotism by Adam Bellow, son of Saul, the Nobel Prize-winning novelist...scandalous or offensive to the equal opportunity ideal, nepotism shows the ideology in action. Legacies don't just...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 25, 1994 700+ words
...Simon & Schuster Consumer Group, announced today that Adam Bellow has been named to the newly created position of vice president...publishing philosophies of The Free Press," Mr. Romanos said. "Adam Bellow is an extremely talented executive who, working together...
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- Magazine article from: National Review Johnson, Paul August 11, 2003 700+ words
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- The new nepotism.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Public Interest Conway, Brendan January 1, 2004 700+ words
...In spite of this, as Adam Bellow shows in his provocatively titled In Praise of Nepotism: A Natural History...more comfortable with nepotism than our republican and...and why. In Praise of Nepotism is a sweeping 500-page...
- Family connections; Seeing nepotism's good, over time and from...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times July 20, 2003 700+ words
...you. Actually, it is. "In Praise of Nepotism" would do fine at the beach. Also on...authorial burnout - no matter. "In Praise of Nepotism" works. Adam Bellow came by his interest in nepotism the old-fashioned way. He was born to...
- Nepotism defended.(political corruption)
- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Tolson, Jay July 21, 2003 700+ words
...Hayes. His firm stand against nepotism was one way he hoped to clean...Ulysses S. Grant. But nepotism has never been easy to banish...emphatically unworried is Adam Bellow. His new and distinctly contrarian book, In Praise of Nepotism: A Natural History, is a...
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- Magazine article from: Workforce Management Henneman, Todd June 1, 2005 700+ words
...tells much about a culture that embraces religion and is fueled by nepotism. The term nepotism gets an undeserved bad rap, says Adam Bellow, author of In Praise of Nepotism and son of novelist Saul Bellow. Relatives tend to work harder for...
