Contrasts, counterfactuals,and causes

European Journal of International Relations

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 823-846

  Grynaviski, Eric ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agent structure problem; constitutive theory; epistemology; International Relations; methodology; ontology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890071376     PISSN: 13540661     EISSN: 14603713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354066111428971     Document Type: Article

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