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Planning: Applied Rationality or Contingent Practice? / Dant, Tim; Francis, David.
In: Sociological Research Online, Vol. 3, No. 2, 1998.

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Dant, T & Francis, D 1998, 'Planning: Applied Rationality or Contingent Practice?', Sociological Research Online, vol. 3, no. 2. <http://www.socresonline.org.uk/3/2/4.html>

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Dant T, Francis D. Planning: Applied Rationality or Contingent Practice? Sociological Research Online. 1998;3(2).

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Dant, Tim ; Francis, David. / Planning: Applied Rationality or Contingent Practice?. In: Sociological Research Online. 1998 ; Vol. 3, No. 2.

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