Contradictory approaches? On realism and constructivism in the social sciences research on risk, technology and the environment

Futures

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 156-170

  Metzner Szigeth, Andreas ^a  

^a FICE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; LEARNING; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH WORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 62249191368     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2008.09.017     Document Type: Article

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