Which side was Becker on? Questioning political and epistemological radicalism

Qualitative Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 91-110

  Hammersley, Martyn ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

objectivity; relativism; researcher partisanship; value neutrality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993725121     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146879410100100105     Document Type: Article

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