Ecology in educational theory: Thoughts on stratification, social mobility & proximal capital

Urban Review

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-246

  Johnson Jr , Odis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital; Ecology; Place; Stratification; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 51049091668     PISSN: 00420972     EISSN: 15731960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11256-008-0084-z     Document Type: Article

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