Problems chasing methods or methods chasing problems? Research communities, constrained pluralism, and the role of eclecticism

Problems and Methods in the Study of Politics

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 307-331

  Sil, Rudra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511492174.014     Document Type: Chapter

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