The 800-pound gaijin in the room: Strategies and tactics for conducting fieldwork in Japan and abroad

PS - Political Science and Politics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 299-303

  Aldrich, Daniel P ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 68349117115     PISSN: 10490965     EISSN: 15375935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104909650909060X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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