Social Class and Ideologies of Inequality: How They Uphold Unequal Societies

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 99-116

  Rodriguez Bailon, Rosa ^a   Bratanova, Boyka ^b   Willis, Guillermo B ^a   Lopez Rodriguez, Lucia ^c   Sturrock, Ashley ^d   Loughnan, Steve ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS; EQUITY; IDEOLOGY; MACROECONOMICS; PERCEPTION; POVERTY;

EID: 85015358417     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/josi.12206     Document Type: Article

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