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Outline of a Theory of Practice.

Arthur W. Frank, +1 more
- 01 Mar 1980 - 
- Vol. 9, Iss: 2, pp 256
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This article is published in Contemporary Sociology.The article was published on 1980-03-01. It has received 14683 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Practice theory.

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