Social change and selectionist thought: On Spencer, Darwin and Runciman

Sociological Review

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 305-326

  Offer, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77952753522     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: 1467954X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2010.01905.x     Document Type: Review

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