Not all that was solid has melted into air (or liquid): A critique of Bauman on individualization and class in liquid modernity

Sociological Review

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-17

  Atkinson, Will ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 39449128640     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: 1467954X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2008.00774.x     Document Type: Article

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