Anti-social anthropology? Objectivity, objection, and the ethnography of public policy and professional communities

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 935-956

  Mosse, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33750458051     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2006.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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