Incommensurability and Cross-Paradigm Communication in International Relations Theory: 'What's the Frequency Kenneth?

Millennium - Journal of International Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 291-319

  Wight, Colin ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1177/03058298960250020401     Document Type: Article

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