New rules of sociological method: Rethinking technology studies

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1997, Pages

  Rammert, Werner ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

(Structural) selection; Innovation; Negotiation; Networks; Social construction; Technology change; Technology studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001722201     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/591747     Document Type: Article

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