Integrating reflexivity into livelihoods research

Progress in Development Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 211-231

  Prowse, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Livelihoods; Methodology; Ontology; Research methods

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; PHILOSOPHY; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIAL THEORY;

EID: 77953638618     PISSN: 14649934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146499340901000302     Document Type: Article

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