The right to difference: Explaining Colombia's shift from color blindness to the law of black communities

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 729-769

  Paschel, Tianna S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 79952125366     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/655752     Document Type: Article

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