Qualitative research as partial connection: Bypassing the power-knowledge nexus

Qualitative Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-77

  Jensen, Casper ^a   Lauritsen, Peter ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Partial connection; Power; Qualitative methods; Qualitative research; STS

Indexed keywords

EID: 29244434538     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794105048652     Document Type: Article

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