Social mobility and constitutional and political preferences in Northern Ireland

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 621-645

  Breen, Richard ^a  

^a Nuf eld College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constitutional preferences; Mobility effects; Northern Ireland; Religion; Social mobility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS; HUMANS; NORTHERN IRELAND; POLITICS; SOCIAL MOBILITY;

EID: 0035755002     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071310120084508     Document Type: Article

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