A review of controversies about social representations theory: A British debate

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 431-454

  Voelklein, Corina ^a   Howarth, Caroline ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive reductionism; Critical power; Social determinism; Social representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 30644473816     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: 14617056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X05058586     Document Type: Review

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