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Making Realism Work Realist Social Theory and Empirical Research
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Routledge
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Routledge
224 Pages
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Routledge
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In this innovative book, theorists and researchers from various social science disciplines explore the potential of realist social theory for empirical research. The examples are drawn from a wide range of fields health and medicine, crime, housing, sociolinguistics, development theory and deal with issues such as causality, probability, and reflexivity in social science. Varied and lively... Read more
Introduction: Realist Social Theory and Empirical Research Part 1: Methodology and Measurement Introduction 1. Evidence-Based Policy: A Realist Perspective Ray Pawson 2. Complex and Contingent Causation: The implications of complex realism for quantitative modelling the case of housing and health Dave Byrne 3. Contingent Realism and Single Case Probabilities Malcolm Williams and Wendy Dyer Part 2: Applying Realism Introduction 4. Class as Variable, Class as Generative Mechanism: The importance of critical realism for the sociology of health inequalities Paul Higgs, Ian Rees Jones and Graham Scambler 5 Researching 'Real' Language Bob Carter and Alison Sealey Part 3: Reflexivity and Realist Research Introduction 6 Methodological Triangulation in Empirical Research: An Indian exemplar Wendy Olsen 7. Health Visitors and 'Disadvantaged' Parent-Clients: Designing Realist research Angie Hart, Caroline New and Marnie Freeman 8 Reflexivity and Social Science: A contradiction in terms? Tim May
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In this innovative book theorists and researchers from various social science disciplines explore the potential of realist social theory for empirical research
