The Sociology of the Local: Action and its Publics

Sociological Theory

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 355-376

  Fine, Gary Alan ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78649602460     PISSN: 07352751     EISSN: 14679558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9558.2010.01380.x     Document Type: Article

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