Did katrina recalibrate attitudes toward poverty and inequality?: A Test of the “Dirty Little Secret” Hypothesis

Du Bois Review

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-82

  Grusky, David B ^a   Ryo, Emily ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Hurricane Katrina; Inequality; Latent Classes; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049108857     PISSN: 1742058X     EISSN: 17420598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742058X0606005X     Document Type: Article

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