"Sobjectivism": Toward a constructivist methodology

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 359-384

  Pouliot, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; METHODOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY;

EID: 34447265952     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2007.00455.x     Document Type: Article

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