On the theoretical trappings of the thesis of anti-theory; or, why the idea of theory may not, after all, be all that bad: A response to Gary Thomas

Harvard Educational Review

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 335-352

  Rajagopalan, Kanavillil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

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EID: 0040581727     PISSN: 00178055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17763/haer.68.3.l20w067rj23g7tp5     Document Type: Article

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