The rise of 'new' social classes within the service class in the Netherlands: Political orientation of social and cultural specialists and technocrats between 1970 and 2003

Acta Sociologica

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 129-146

  Güveli, Ayse ^a   Need, Ariana ^b   De Graaf, Nan Dirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adjusted EGP class schema; New social classes; Political orientation; Social class structure; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147110035     PISSN: 00016993     EISSN: 15023869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001699307077655     Document Type: Article

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