Classification, cognition and context: The case of the World Bank

Poetics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 134-150

  Shepherd, Hana ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77950867526     PISSN: 0304422X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.poetic.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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