' ... The point is to change it': Critical realism and human geography

Dialogues in Human Geography

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-29

  Pratt, Andy C ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical realism; Geographical historical materialism; Ontology

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; HISTORICAL RECORD; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY;

EID: 84975094107     PISSN: 20438206     EISSN: 20438214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2043820613485048     Document Type: Article

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