Contemporary sociology and the challenge of descriptive assemblage

European Journal of Social Theory

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 155-174

  Savage, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causality; Description; Methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849098068     PISSN: 13684310     EISSN: 14617137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368431008099650     Document Type: Article

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