Order with things? Humans, artifacts, and the sociological problem of rule-following

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 269-298

  Preda, Alex ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0034344208     PISSN: 00218308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5914.00130     Document Type: Article

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