Merton's 'norms' in political and intellectual context

Journal of Classical Sociology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-178

  Turner, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communism; Merton; Norms of science; Parsons

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250211821     PISSN: 1468795X     EISSN: 17412897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468795X07078034     Document Type: Article

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