Agency: The internal split of structure

Sociological Forum

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 481-502

  Wang, Yong ^a  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actor; Agency; Structure; Structure agency theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 47949103703     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1573-7861.2008.00087.x     Document Type: Article

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