Structure and agency: Contested concepts in human geography

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 363-377

  Chouinard, Vera ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agency; Feminist; Human geography; Marxist; Place; Postmodern; Structure

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031396877     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.1997.tb01321.x     Document Type: Article

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