From Wendt to Kuhn: Reviving the 'third debate' in international relations

International Politics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 720-746

  Aalberts, Tanja E ^a   van Munster, Rens ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PHILOSOPHY;

KUHNIA;

EID: 53849106146     PISSN: 13845748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ip.2008.26     Document Type: Article

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