Synopsis
A special programme on the winner of the 2017 BSA/Thinking Allowed Ethnography award, presented by Laurie Taylor.
- Programme: Thinking Allowed
- Episode: Special programme on winner of Ethnography award
- Channel: BBC Radio 4
- Broadcast year: 2017
- Sociology | What are the main patterns and trends in social inequality and difference? | Social inequality and differences linked to social class, gender and ethnicity
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