The beginning of the end or the end of the beginning? The theory construction movement revisited

Sociological Forum

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 305-318

  Zhao, Shanyang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Metatheory; Methodology; Sociological theory; Theory construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039924438     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02408369     Document Type: Article

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