The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (1993, p66) defines ‘amercement’ as …
The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary 1993, 4th edn, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
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A weblog is … (Ince 2001).
Ince, D (ed.) 2001, A Dictionary of the Internet, accessed 29/11/2006, Oxford Reference Online database.
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A bureaucracy is … (Bendix 1968).
Bendix, R 1968, ‘Bureaucracy’, in International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, vol.2, pp206-217.
