Killing the messenger: The social problems of sociology

Social Problems

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-13

  Best, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 0037292291     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2003.50.1.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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