Responses to discrimination and social resilience under neoliberalism: The United States compared

Social Resilience in the Neoliberal Era

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 129-157

  Lamont, Michèle ^a   Welburn, Jessica S ^b   Fleming, Crystal M ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139542425.009     Document Type: Chapter

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