The shift to constructivism in social inquiry: Some pointers for tourism studies

Tourism Recreation Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 43-58

  Hollinshead, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human cultural sciences; Methodology; Paradigm; Reality; Rhetoric; Social constructivism; Truths

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979781366     PISSN: 02508281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2006.11081261     Document Type: Article

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