The strange case of ethnography and international relations

Millennium: Journal of International Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 279-301

  Vrasti, Wanda ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cultural anthropology; Ethnography; Feminism; International relations theory; Social constructivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249147713     PISSN: 03058298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305829808097641     Document Type: Article

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