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Social imaginaries, structuration, learning, and collibration: their role and limitations in governing complexity

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Social imaginaries, structuration, learning, and collibration: their role and limitations in governing complexity. / Jessop, Bob.
In: Zarządzanie Publiczne, No. 19, 11.2012, p. 71-83.

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