Explaining Social Institutions
- ISBN-10
- 047208576X
- ISBN-13
- 9780472085767
- Category
- Social institutions
- Pages
- 238
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Authors
- Jack Knight, Itai Sened
Description
Important scholars offer new perspectives on the formation and growth of social institutions
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