Event and process: An exercise in analytical ethnography

Human Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 167-197

  Scheffer, Thomas ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analytical ethnography; Criminal case; Event; Pre trial and trial; Process; Relevance; Sequential analysis; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148838934     PISSN: 01638548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10746-007-9055-8     Document Type: Article

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