The sociology of elites

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2012, Pages 361-377

  Rahman Khan, Shamus ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Elite; Inequality; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864239378     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-soc-071811-145542     Document Type: Review

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