Concentrated disadvan tage and beliefs about the causes of poverty: A multi-level analysis

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 205-227

  Merolla, David M ^a   Hunt, Matthew O ^b   Serpe, Richard T ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Community; Multi level models; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959458072     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: 15338673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sop.2011.54.2.205     Document Type: Article

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