Complexity, catastrophe, and modularity

Sociological Inquiry

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 162-173

  Perrow, Charles B ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 41549105837     PISSN: 00380245     EISSN: 1475682X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-682X.2008.00231.x     Document Type: Article

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