Market versus meritocracy: Hungary as a critical case

European Sociological Review

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 655-674

  Bukodi, Erzsébet ^a   Goldthorpe, John H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78650162555     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcp043     Document Type: Article

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