Revisiting the "American Social Science"-Mapping the Geography of International Relations

International Studies Perspectives

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 246-269

  Kristensen, Peter Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Geomapping; IR discipline; Sociology of science; Stratification; US dominance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938291675     PISSN: 15283577     EISSN: 15283585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/insp.12061     Document Type: Article

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