Unequal risk: Combat occupations in the volunteer military

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 347-372

  Maclean, Alair ^a   Parsons, Nicholas L ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inequality; Military; Occupations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956743639     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: 15338673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sop.2010.53.3.347     Document Type: Article

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