World society and the nation-state

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 144-181

  Meyer, John W ^a   Boli, John ^b   Thomas, George M ^b   Ramirez, Francisco O ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; NATION STATE;

EID: 0031419318     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/231174     Document Type: Article

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