Why does class matter? Policy attitudes, mechanisms, and the case of the Nordic countries

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 199-213

  Brooks, Clem ^a   Svallfors, Stefan ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Class cleavage; Mechanism; Nordic countries; Policy attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952347643     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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