Catching up with Robert Merton: Scientific collectives as status groups

Journal of Classical Sociology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-192

  Barnes, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Merton; Science; Social norms; Social order; Status groups; Weber

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250167628     PISSN: 1468795X     EISSN: 17412897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468795X07078036     Document Type: Article

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