Problematising power relations in 'elite' interviews

Geoforum

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 643-653

  Smith, Katherine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; Elites; Interview; Poststructural; Power

Indexed keywords

ELITE POLITICS; PATRON-CLIENT RELATIONS; POWER RELATIONS;

EID: 33745481620     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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