Responsible scholarship after leaving the veranda: Normative issues faced by field researchers - And armchair scientists

International Political Sociology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 185-203

  Eckl, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 57249108572     PISSN: 17495679     EISSN: 17495687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-5687.2008.00044.x     Document Type: Article

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