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Book Title: The Institutionalization Of Social Welfare: A Study Of Medic...
Number of Pages: 216 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Institutionalization of Social Welfare : a Study of Medicalizing Management
Publisher: Routledge
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2007
Subject: Methodology, Organizational Behavior, Sociology / General, General
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 15.2 Oz
Subject Area: Social Science, Business & Economics
Item Length: 9.3 in
Author: Mikael Holmqvist
Item Width: 6.3 in
Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology Ser.
Format: Hardcover
