The guest from England: Exploring issues of positionality in a foreign and yet familiar setting

European Societies

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 169-187

  Jones, Marion ^a  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access to data; Aspects of gender; Cross cultural research; Insider outsidership; Power and control; The principle of reciprocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33244476752     PISSN: 14616696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616690500491381     Document Type: Article

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