Is the case for social science laws strengthening?

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-153

  Beed, Clive ^a   Beed, Cara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0034195314     PISSN: 00218308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5914.00123     Document Type: Article

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