Unresolved tensions in sociocultural theory: Analogies with contemporary sociological debates

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 283-305

  Sawyer, R Keith ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergence; Socioculturalism; Sociological theory; Structuration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036392205     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X02008003838     Document Type: Review

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