Boundary-Work and the Demarcation of Science from Non-Science: Strains and Interests in Professional Ideologies of Scientists
1983/12/01 by Thomas F. Gieryn · 1 voice · 120 citations
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Thomas F. Gieryn, Boundary-Work and the Demarcation of Science from Non-Science: Strains and Interests in Professional Ideologies of Scientists, American Sociological Review, Vol. 48, No. 6 (Dec., 1983), pp. 781-795
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