Realism and sociology: Anti-foundationalism, ontology and social research

Realism and Sociology: Anti-Foundationalism, Ontology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-173

  Cruickshank, Justin ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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