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- ↑ Reviewed by Frank Dobbin (Princeton University) in Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 27, No. 6. (Nov., 1998), pp. 600-601
- ↑ Review Mayer Zald (University of Michigan), Social Forces, Volume 61, Issue 1, 1 September 1982, Pages 328
- ↑ With Michel Crozier
