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Contemporary Social Science
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Volume 11, 2016 - Issue 2-3: Social Inequality
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A new international measure of social stratification

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Pages 125-153 | Received 04 Nov 2015, Accepted 18 Jul 2016, Published online: 18 Aug 2016

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