Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2006, 42(3): 475-492 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2006.42.3.01

The Truth about Class Inequality

Stein Ringen
Oxford University

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Ringen, S. (2006). The Truth about Class Inequality. Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review, 42(3), 475-492. doi: 10.13060/00380288.2006.42.3.01.
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