Redrawing the Boundaries: Work Units and Social Stratification in Urban China

Chinese Sociological Review

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 6-28

  Wu, Xiaogang ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84884804385     PISSN: 21620555     EISSN: 21620563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/CSA2162-0555450401     Document Type: Review

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