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Exploring Interpretations of Sustainability Across Diverse Social Contexts

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What is an appropriate structure for reporting a study exploring how sustainability is interpreted and embodied across diverse social contexts when following an interpretive paradigm and using a hermeneutical approach?

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Beasy, K. (2018). Exploring Interpretations of Sustainability Across Diverse Social Contexts. In: Kember, D., Corbett, M. (eds) Structuring the Thesis. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0511-5_19

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