Social Class

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 185-205

  Davidson, James D ^a   Pyle, Ralph E ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Sociological Review; Fair Share; General Social Survey; Religious Group; Social Inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85125929859     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-23789-5_9     Document Type: Chapter

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