Social closure in American elite higher education

Theory and Society

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 409-419

  Swartz, David L ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 45849146546     PISSN: 03042421     EISSN: 15737853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11186-008-9064-2     Document Type: Review

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