The politics of history: Some methodological and ethical dilemmas in élite-based research

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-19

  Phillips, Robert ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0041169397     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141192980240102     Document Type: Article

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