Studying power: Qualitative methods and the global elite

Qualitative Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-82

  Conti, Joseph A ^a   O'Neil, Moira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Feminist methodology; Global elite; Studying up; World Trade Organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846519407     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794107071421     Document Type: Article

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