Market transition and the persistence of power: The changing stratification system in urban China

American Sociological Review

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 739-758

  Bian, Yanjie ^a   Logan, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC REFORM; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INCOME INEQUALITY; INEQUALITY; MARKET TRANSITION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; URBAN ECONOMY;

CHINA;

EID: 0030419573     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2096451     Document Type: Article

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