Articles · Vol. 12 No. 2 (2008): African Sociological Review

Social sciences internationally: The problem of marginalisation and its consequences for the discipline of sociology

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  • W. Keim


    Institut für Soziologie der Universität Freiburg Vaubanallee 2
    79100 Freiburg
    Germany

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