On the relevance of ethnography for the production of public sociology and policy

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 411-416

  Vaughan, Diane ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; POLICY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 25444468302     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2005.00074.x     Document Type: Article

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