An ecology of social categories

Sociological Science

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 311-343

  Pontikes, Elizabeth G ^a   Hannan, Michael T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Categories; Features; Labels; Leniency; Patents; Software

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905831455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23306696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15195/v1.a20     Document Type: Article

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