Commensuration as a social process

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 24, Issue , 1998, Pages 313-343

  Espeland, Wendy Nelson ^a   Stevens, Mitchell L ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Commodification; Measurement; Quantification

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032333481     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.24.1.313     Document Type: Article

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