Invisible people: Institutional reasoning and reflexivity in the production of services and "social facts" in public employment agencies

Mind, Culture, and Activity

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 160-178

  Mäkitalo, Asa ^a   Säljö, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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EID: 33846041425     PISSN: 10749039     EISSN: 15327884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327884MCA0903_02     Document Type: Article

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