Reassembling and dissecting: International relations practice from a science studies perspective

International Studies Perspectives

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-110

  Büger, Christian ^a   Gadinger, Frank ^b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bruno Latour; IR practice; Policy relevance; Science studies

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; POLITICS;

EID: 33846324416     PISSN: 15283577     EISSN: 15283585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-3585.2007.00271.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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