Social disadvantage and students' perceived injustice in socially integrated schools in Israel

Social Justice Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-133

  Dar, Yechezkel ^a,b   Resh, Nura ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attribution of injustice; Israel; Junior high school; Perceived injustice; School integration; Social disadvantage

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043169946     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024248003808     Document Type: Article

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