Negotiating boundaries or drawing the line? Transcending ‘Insider/Outsider’ distinctions in Connemara

Irish Journal of Sociology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 136-159

  Moran, Lisa ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Insider; Knowing; Local knowledge; Negotiation; Outsider

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455201762     PISSN: 07916035     EISSN: 20505280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/079160350701600208     Document Type: Article

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