Appreciating and embodying the dynamics of large-scale systems: Some examples from the present and the past

Ecological Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-95

  Abramiuk, Marc A ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 60849110586     PISSN: 10407413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407410802626035     Document Type: Article

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