Association, Service, Market: Higher Education in American Political Development

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 42, Issue , 2016, Pages 121-142

  Stevens, Mitchell L ^a   Gebre Medhin, Ben ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colleges; Historical sociology; Organizations; Stratification; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982868462     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-soc-081715-074240     Document Type: Review

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