Ambiguity, uncertainty, and risk: Rethinking indeterminacy

International Political Sociology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 355-374

  Best, Jacqueline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 56549100713     PISSN: 17495679     EISSN: 17495687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-5687.2008.00056.x     Document Type: Article

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