The Conditions of Fruitfulness of Theorizing About Mechanisms in Social Science

Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 367-388

  Stinchcombe, Arthur L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84970207224     PISSN: 00483931     EISSN: 15527441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004839319102100305     Document Type: Article

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