Why read the social system today? Three reasons and a plea

Journal of Classical Sociology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 267-301

  Gerhardt, Uta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

American history; Democracy; Science; Social system; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844435113     PISSN: 1468795X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468795X05057867     Document Type: Review

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