Multiple disadvantages: An empirical test of intersectionality theory in eeo litigation

Law and Society Review

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 991-1025

  Best, Rachel Kahn ^a   Edelman, Lauren B ^a   Krieger, Linda Hamilton ^b,c   Eliason, Scott R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b School of Law   (United States)

^c Berkeley   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 83255162178     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: 15405893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5893.2011.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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