Resurrecting Smelser: Collective Power, Generalized Belief, and Hegemonic Spaces
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Theory In Action
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1937-0237
DOI: 10.3798/tia.1937-0237.09023