Risk and power use: Constraints on the use of coercion in exchange

American Sociological Review

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 113-133

  Molm, Linda D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0039386529     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657455     Document Type: Article

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