The indispensability of reflexivity to practice: The case of home energy efficiency

Journal of Critical Realism

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 461-484

  Bonnington, Oliver ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cold related morbidity; Home energy efficiency; Morphogenesis; Reflexivity; Social practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946409994     PISSN: 14767430     EISSN: 15725138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1572513815Y.0000000009     Document Type: Article

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