Relational ethnography

Theory and Society

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 547-579

  Desmond, Matthew ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Object of analysis; Philosophy of science; Relational sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907433950     PISSN: 03042421     EISSN: 15737853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11186-014-9232-5     Document Type: Article

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