Conclusion: Returning to the Whole-A New Theoretical Synthesis in the Social Sciences

Striving for the Whole: Creating Theoretical Syntheses

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 211-237

  Valsiner, Jaan ^a   Diriwächter, Rainer ^b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85144979066     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315130354-13     Document Type: Editorial

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