Life courses in the globalization process: The development of social inequalities in modern societies

European Sociological Review

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-71

  Buchholz, Sandra ^a   Hofacker, Dirk ^a   Mills, Melinda ^b   Blossfeld, Hans Peter ^a   Kurz, Karin ^c   Hofmeister, Heather ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 59449099666     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcn033     Document Type: Article

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