Great 21st century debates about the usefulness of research: Can they help rural research?

Rural Society

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-16

  Bell, Erica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Research transfer; Rural policy and practice; Rural research methods; Translational research

Indexed keywords

EID: 43549088577     PISSN: 10371656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/rsj.351.18.1.3     Document Type: Article

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