How different can we be? Parsons's societal community, pluralism, and the multicultural debate

After Parsons: A Theory of Social Action for the Twenty-First Century

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 111-136

  Sciortino, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

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