The Social Fallout of a High-Inequality Regime

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 663, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 33-52

  MacLean, Alair ^a   Grusky, David B ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84949655237     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716215596946     Document Type: Editorial

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