Motives of the rich and powerful in doing interviews with social scientists

International Sociology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 755-777

  Gilding, Michael ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

class; class culture; power relations; qualitative analysis sociological methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649787060     PISSN: 02685809     EISSN: 14617242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0268580909351323     Document Type: Article

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