Regime effects: Ethnicity, social mobility, and public policy in the USA and Britain

Ethnicity, Social Mobility, and Public Policy: Comparing the USA and UK

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 522-570

  Teles, Steven M ^a   Mickey, Robert W ^b   Ahmed, Fawzia S ^c  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 57749186094     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511489228.023     Document Type: Chapter

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