Legitimacy of Inequality in a Highly Unequal Context: Evidence from the Chilean Case

Social Justice Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 314-340

  Castillo, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Inequality; Inequality perception; Justice ideologies; Legitimacy; Social status

Indexed keywords

EID: 83555165285     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11211-011-0144-5     Document Type: Article

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