Social scientific inquiry and meta-theoretical fantasy: The case of International Relations

Review of International Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1447-1469

  Gunnell, John G ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 82455172011     PISSN: 02602105     EISSN: 14699044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0260210510001609     Document Type: Article

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