Complexity, configurations and cases

Theory, Culture and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Byrne, David ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Comparative method; Complexity; Dialogical research; Evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944467921     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276405057194     Document Type: Review

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