Achievement or ascription ideology? An analysis of attitudes about future success for residents in poor urban neighborhoods

Sociological Focus

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 207-225

  Barnes, Sandra L ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85010518878     PISSN: 00380237     EISSN: 21621128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380237.2002.10570698     Document Type: Article

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