The sources of political orientations in post-industrial society: Social class and education revisited

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-235

  Van De Werfhorst, Herman G ^a   De Graaf, Nan Dirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Education; Field of study; Social class; Social participation; Voting behaviour

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CLASSIFICATION; CONSUMER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATION; POLITICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONS; POLITICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS;

EID: 3042858196     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2004.00016.x     Document Type: Review

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