Rethinking Subpolitics: Beyond the ‘Iron Cage’ of Modern Politics?

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 79-102

  Holzer, Boris ^a   Sørensen, Mads P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

political system; reflexive modernization; subpolitics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037391382     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: 14603616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276403020002005     Document Type: Article

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