The measurement of racial discrimination: The policy use of statistics

International Social Science Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 183, 2005, Pages 9-25

  Simon, Patrick ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RACISM; STATISTICAL DATA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20644467448     PISSN: 00208701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0020-8701.2005.00528.x     Document Type: Article

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