Social Status and Group Structure

Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology: Group Processes

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 352-375

  Ridgeway, Cecilia L ^a  

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Author keywords

Group structure; Social esteem; Social status; Society; Status beliefs

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EID: 84954101933     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470998458.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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