Opportunity beliefs and class differences in subjective status injustice during the Great Recession in Iceland.
Sociologists theorize that opportunity beliefs shape whether individuals see their status in society as just or unjust - a topic that is broadly relevant to research linking social structure to emotions and behaviors. Two prominent theories, however, entail competing propositions. The dominant ideol...
| Publicado en: | Acta Sociologica (Sage Publications, Ltd.) Vol. 61; no. 3; pp. 283 - 300 |
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