Military Occupations: Methodological Approaches and the Military-Academy Research Nexus

Sociology Compass

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-51

  Jenkings, K Neil ^a   Woodward, Rachel ^a   Williams, Alison J ^a   Rech, Matthew F ^a   Murphy, Ann L ^a   Bos, Daniel ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79959564824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9020.2010.00340.x     Document Type: Article

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