Beyond (Post)Positivism: The Missed Promises of Systemic Pragmatism

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 291-305

  Hamati Ataya, Inanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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PHILOSOPHY; RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 79958795251     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2011.00710.x     Document Type: Article

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