Social mechanisms, causal inference, and the policy relevance of social science

Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 348-359

  Weber, Erik ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Social mechanisms; Social policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547830380     PISSN: 00483931     EISSN: 15527441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0048393107303814     Document Type: Article

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