Rethinking the unthinkable: A cautionary note

Administration and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 643-652

  Durant, Robert F ^a  

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EID: 0032330580     PISSN: 00953997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009539979802900604     Document Type: Article

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