Reflexivity in practice: Power and ethics in feminist research on international relations

International Studies Review

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 693-707

  Ackerly, Brooke ^a   True, Jacqui ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; FEMINISM; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; POLITICAL POWER; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 56549113914     PISSN: 15219488     EISSN: 14682486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2486.2008.00826.x     Document Type: Article

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