When Martians Go to Venus: Structural Realism in Europe

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When Martians Go to Venus : Structural Realism in Europe. / Wivel, Anders.

Realism: A Distinctively 20th Century European Tradition. ed. / Alexander Reichwein; Felix Rösch. Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. p. 133-149 (Trends In European IR Theory).

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Harvard

Wivel, A 2021, When Martians Go to Venus: Structural Realism in Europe. in A Reichwein & F Rösch (eds), Realism: A Distinctively 20th Century European Tradition. Palgrave Macmillan, Trends In European IR Theory, pp. 133-149. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58455-9_9

APA

Wivel, A. (2021). When Martians Go to Venus: Structural Realism in Europe. In A. Reichwein, & F. Rösch (Eds.), Realism: A Distinctively 20th Century European Tradition (pp. 133-149). Palgrave Macmillan. Trends In European IR Theory https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58455-9_9

Vancouver

Wivel A. When Martians Go to Venus: Structural Realism in Europe. In Reichwein A, Rösch F, editors, Realism: A Distinctively 20th Century European Tradition. Palgrave Macmillan. 2021. p. 133-149. (Trends In European IR Theory). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58455-9_9

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Wivel, Anders. / When Martians Go to Venus : Structural Realism in Europe. Realism: A Distinctively 20th Century European Tradition. editor / Alexander Reichwein ; Felix Rösch. Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. pp. 133-149 (Trends In European IR Theory).

Bibtex

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