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First published in 1979 by heinemann educational books. Pdf critical theory and contemporary paradigm differentiation. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Paradigms, metaphors, and puzzle solving in organization. This divides sociology into four fairly distinct paradigm clusters.
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