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Fuchs, S. (2001). What Makes Sciences “Scientific?”. In: Turner, J.H. (eds) Handbook of Sociological Theory. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-36274-6_2
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