Social mechanisms and explanatory relevance

Analytical Sociology and Social Mechanisms

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 154-172

  Ylikoski, Petri ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

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EID: 84925587192     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511921315.009     Document Type: Chapter

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