The politics of difference: Examining the quantitative/qualitative dualism in post-structuralist feminist research

Professional Geographer

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 449-457

  Lawson, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic biography; Feminist post structuralist research; Quantitative qualitative dualism

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC BIOGRAPHY; FEMINIST GEOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGICAL EVALUATION; POST- STRUCTURALIST RESEARCH; POWER RELATIONS; QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029517518     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0033-0124.1995.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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