Educational stratification in Italy: Reforms, expansion, and equality of opportunity

European Sociological Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-47

  Shavit, Yossi ^a   Westerbeek, Karin ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

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EID: 0032381076     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.esr.a018226     Document Type: Article

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