What is real and what is realism in sociology?

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 445-466

  Nash, Roy ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0033479642     PISSN: 00218308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5914.00112     Document Type: Article

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