Toward a Framework for Understanding Forces that Contribute to or Reinforce Racial Inequality

Race and Social Problems

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-11

  Wilson, William Julius ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Ghetto; Poverty; Racism; Social structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951978499     PISSN: 18671748     EISSN: 18671756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12552-009-9004-4     Document Type: Article

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