The Declining Significance of Race in Federal Civil Rights Law: The Social Structure of Employment Discrimination Claims

Sociological Inquiry

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 128-157

  Wakefield, Sara ^a   Uggen, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 10744222092     PISSN: 00380245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-682X.2004.00082.x     Document Type: Article

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