Maximally maintained inequality and essentially maintained inequality: Crossnational comparisons

Sociological Theory and Methods

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 237-252

  Hout, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Inequality; Stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847784669     PISSN: 09131442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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