Review essay: Prospects for economic sociology

Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 133-149

  Hodgson, Geoffrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disciplinary boundaries; Economic sociology; Economics; Social sciences

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949103016     PISSN: 00483931     EISSN: 15527441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0048393107311458     Document Type: Review

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