From Habituality to Change: Contribution of Activity Theory and Pragmatism to Practice Theories

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 345-360

  Miettinen, Reijo ^a   Paavola, Sami ^a   Pohjola, Pasi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

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EID: 84865543376     PISSN: 00218308     EISSN: 14685914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5914.2012.00495.x     Document Type: Article

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