Prize proliferation

Sociological Forum

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-27

  Best, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Awards; Claims making; Popular culture; Prizes; Social problems; Social worlds; Symbols

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849085222     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1573-7861.2007.00056.x     Document Type: Article

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