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The Architecture of Status Hierarchies: Variations in Structure and Why They Matter for Inequality

Fabien Accominotti, Freda Lynn, Michael Sauder
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences November 2022, 8 (6) 87-102; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2022.8.6.05
Fabien Accominotti
aAssistant professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States
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bAssociate professor of sociology at the University of Iowa, United States
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cProfessor of sociology at the University of Iowa, United States
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