How people experience and change institutions: A field guide to creative syncretism

Theory and Society

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 543-580

  Berk, Gerald ^a   Galvan, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 70350270025     PISSN: 03042421     EISSN: 15737853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11186-009-9095-3     Document Type: Article

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