Does the Center Hold? Reflections on a Sociological Core.

Jeanne Ballantine; Nancy Greenwood; Jay R. Howard; Edward L. Kain; Diane Pike; Michael Schwartz; R. Tyson Smith; John F. Zipp

doi:10.1177/0092055X16647432

Does the Center Hold? Reflections on a Sociological Core.

Jeanne Ballantine
, Nancy Greenwood
, Jay R. Howard
, Edward L. Kain
, Diane Pike
, Michael Schwartz
, R. Tyson Smith
, John F. Zipp

Wright State University
Indiana University
Southwestern University
Augsburg College
Stony Brook University
Haverford College
University of Akron

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Original language	American English
Journal	Teaching Sociology
Volume	44
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0092055X16647432
State	Published - Apr 29 2016

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Epistemology
Sociology
Social and Behavioral Sciences

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