Projects and possibilities: Researching futures in action

Sociological Forum

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 694-704

  Mische, Ann ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action; Aspiration; Culture and cognition; Projectivity; Temporality; The future

Indexed keywords

EID: 68849086329     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1573-7861.2009.01127.x     Document Type: Article

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