Generalising Darwinism to study socio-cultural change

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 427-439

  Breslin, Dermot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Evolution; Generation and dissemination of information; Ideas generation; Social change

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955924407     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443331011060760     Document Type: Review

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