Affirmative action at school and on the job

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 31, Issue , 2005, Pages 357-379

  Harper, Shannon ^a   Reskin, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Diversity; Education; Employment; Race; Sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644454807     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.31.041304.122155     Document Type: Review

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