Uncertain about uncertainty: Understanding the multiple meanings of a crucial concept in international relations theory

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 533-557

  Rathbun, Brian C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; POLITICAL THEORY;

EID: 34548067138     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2007.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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