American poverty cause beliefs and structured inequality legitimation

Sociological Spectrum

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 489-518

  Robinson, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE   (United States)

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EID: 70449602627     PISSN: 02732173     EISSN: 15210707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02732170902904681     Document Type: Article

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