Actor-network state: Integrating actor-network theory and state theory

International Sociology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 818-841

  Passoth, Jan Hendrik ^a   Rowland, Nicholas J ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

organization; political sociology; sociological theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649799513     PISSN: 02685809     EISSN: 14617242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0268580909351325     Document Type: Article

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