Entry to elite positions and the stratification of higher education in Britain

Sociological Review

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 290-320

  Wakeling, Paul ^a   Savage, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elite education; Elites; Higher education; Institutional stratification; Social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931442542     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: 1467954X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-954X.12284     Document Type: Article

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