The common mathematical structure of disparate sociological questions

Sociological Forum

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-51

  Jasso, Guillermina ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dancing; Distribution of a function of random variables; Gender inequality; Social and political upheaval; Social justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039377807     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024652522296     Document Type: Article

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