Challenging neorealism: A response to hammersley

Qualitative Inquiry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-39

  Smith, John K ^a   Hodkinson, Phil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neorealism; Relativism; Research criteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049166883     PISSN: 10778004     EISSN: 15527565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077800408325416     Document Type: Note

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