In search of 'the appropriate' Unit of analysis for sociocultural research

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 307-333

  Matusov, Eugene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialogism; Holism; Reductionism; Sociocultural approach; Unit of analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547681767     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: 14617056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X07079887     Document Type: Article

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