Reinventing Italy: Methodological challenges

Futures

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 241-254

  Ramírez, Rafael ^a  

^a HEC PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL STUDY; FUTURE PROSPECT; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; NATIONAL IDENTITY; SOCIOCULTURAL DEVELOPMENT;

ITALY;

EID: 0030473054     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-3287(96)00004-3     Document Type: Article

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