Class and cultural capital - The case of class inequality in educational performance

European Sociological Review

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 607-621

  Andersen, Patrick Lie ^a   Hansen, Marianne Nordli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 84867407493     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcr029     Document Type: Review

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