From conflict to embedment: The individual-society relationship, 1920-1991

Sociological Forum

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 631-658

  Thomson, Irene Taviss ^a  

^a FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Conformity; Individual society relationship; Individualism; Self

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041104583     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022178808197     Document Type: Review

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