Schools of thought: twenty-five years of interpretive social science. (Book Reviews: Theory).(Book Review)

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SCOTT, JOAN W. & DEBRA KEATES (eds). Schools of thought: twenty-five years of interpretive social science. vii, 401 PP., tables, bibliogrs. Oxford, Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, 2001. [pounds sterling]17.95 (paper)

This volume is occasioned by a conference held at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, in May 1997 to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Institute's School of Social Science. At the same time, the event was a tribute to Clifford Geertz, who founded the School and was close to retirement. The volume is thus most interesting as a ...

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