Varieties of ignorance

American Sociologist

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 174-189

  Abbott, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Citation; Ignorance; Knowledge; Professions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952876741     PISSN: 00031232     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12108-010-9094-x     Document Type: Article

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