Misplaced Metaphor: A Critical Analysis of the "Knowledge Society"

Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 331-347

  Ungar, Sheldon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0242424481     PISSN: 00084948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-618x.2003.tb00250.x     Document Type: Article

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