Diversity rhetoric and the managerialization of law

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1589-1641

  Edelman, Lauren B ^a   Fuller, Sally Riggs ^b   Mara Drita, Iona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California ^*

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EID: 0035343862     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/321303     Document Type: Article

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