The Matthew effect : how advantage begets further advantage /
The old saying does often seem to hold true: the rich get richer while the poor get poorer, creating a widening gap between those who have more and those who have less. The sociologist Robert K. Merton called this phenomenon the Matthew effect, named after a passage in the gospel of Matthew. Yet the...
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Main Author: | Rigney, Daniel, 1949- |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
©2010.
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Online Access: | CONNECT |
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