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What “Is” Territorial Cohesion? What Does It “Do”?: Essentialist Versus Pragmatic Approaches to Using Concepts

Pages 2134-2155 | Received 29 Aug 2012, Accepted 24 Jun 2013, Published online: 08 Oct 2013

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