The rational and the ambivalent in the social sciences: 1997 presidential address

American Sociological Review

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-16

  Smelser, Neil J ^a,b  

^a Ctr Adv Stud in the Behav Sci   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0347657738     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657473     Document Type: Conference Paper

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