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Exchange and Power: Issues of Structure and Agency

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Cook, K.S., Rice, E.R.W. (2001). Exchange and Power: Issues of Structure and Agency. 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_31

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