The new sociology of morality

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2013, Pages 51-68

  Hitlin, Steven ^a   Vaisey, Stephen ^b  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Moral systems; Morality; Sociological theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880544216     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-soc-071312-145628     Document Type: Article

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