Class and status: The conceptual distinction and its empirical relevance

American Sociological Review

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 512-532

  Chan, Tak Wing ^a   Goldthorpe, John H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; POLITICS;

EID: 34447625463     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240707200402     Document Type: Article

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