Why "isms" Are Evil: Theory, Epistemology, and Academic Sects as Impediments to Understanding and Progress

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 465-480

  Lake, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

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ACADEMIC RESEARCH; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; POLITICAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 79958270217     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2011.00661.x     Document Type: Article

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