Sociology's complexity

Sociology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 547-564

  McLennan, Gregor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity theory; Millennialism; Network society; Post disciplinarity; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042025127     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00380385030373009     Document Type: Review

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