Merit and Mobility: A Reply to Peter Saunders

Sociology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 375-386

  Marshall, Gordon ^a   Swift, Adam ^a  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84993728826     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038596030002011     Document Type: Article

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