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Marry on a cross. Individualism, divorce, and radical self-placement: The Spanish case

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|Oct 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acpo-2025-0006 | Journal eISSN: 1803-8220 | Journal ISSN: 1804-1302
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