The village in the mind: Applying Q-methodology to re-constructing constructions of rurality

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 284-295

  Duenckmann, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Counterurbanisation; Methodology; Qualitative Methods; Statistics

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECONSTRUCTION; RURAL SOCIETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VILLAGE;

GERMANY; HAMBURG [GERMANY]; HAMBURG [HAMBURG (STT)];

EID: 77955658755     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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