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Law and strategy in sociological explanation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2009

James B. Rule
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European Journal of Sociology / Archives Européennes de Sociologie , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , May 1984 , pp. 167 - 182
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Copyright © Archives Européenes de Sociology 1984

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* The author wishes to thank Lewis Coser, Dagfinn Føllesdal, Mark Granovetter, George Homans, Michael Simon, John Sumser, Kurt Wolff and others for commentary useful in the preparation of this study; appreciation is also expressed to sociological audiences at McGill University and the State University of New York at Stony Brook for providing forums for early versions of the work.