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1. Social Origins of Educational Systems

   By Margaret Archer

   Series: Classical Texts in Critical Realism

   First published in 1979, this now classic text presents a major study of the development of educational systems, focusing in detail on those of England, Denmark, France, and Russia - chosen because of their present educational differences and the historical diversity of their cultures and social...

   Published February 3rd 2013 by Routledge
2. Engaging with the World

   Agency, Institutions, Historical Formations

   Edited by Margaret S Archer, Andrea Maccarini

   Series: Ontological Explorations

   This title reflects the general theme of the 2010 IACR annual conference that was held in Padova, Italy, the aim of which was to provide a fresh view on some cultural and structural changes involving Western societies after the world economic crisis of 2008, from the point of view of...

   Published January 13th 2013 by Routledge
3. Conversations About Reflexivity

   Edited by Margaret S. Archer

   Series: Ontological Explorations

   " Reflexivity" is defined as the regular exercise of the mental ability, shared by all normal people, to consider themselves in relation to their (social) contexts and vice versa. In addition to this sociological interest, it allows us to hold idle or trivial internal conversations. Focussing fully...

   Published December 16th 2009 by Routledge
4. Defending Objectivity

   Essays in Honour of Andrew Collier

   Edited by Margaret Archer, William Outhwaite

   Andrew Collier is the boldest defender of objectivity - in science, knowledge, thought, action, politics, morality and religion. In this tribute and acknowledgement of the influence his work has had on a wide readership, his colleagues show that they have been stimulated by his thinking and offer...

   Published March 30th 2007 by Routledge
5. Transcendence

   Critical Realism and God

   By Margaret S. Archer, Andrew Collier, Douglas V. Porpora

   Series: Critical Realism: Interventions

   Atheism as a belief does not have to present intellectual credentials within academia. Yet to hold beliefs means giving reasons for doing so, ones which may be found wanting. Instead, atheism is the automatic default setting within the academic world. Conversely, religious belief confronts a...

   Published April 21st 2004 by Routledge
6. Rational Choice Theory

   Resisting Colonisation

   Edited by Margaret S. Archer, Jonathan Q. Tritter

   Series: Ontological Explorations

   Rational Choice Theory is flourishing in sociology and is increasingly influential in other disciplines. Contributors to this volume are convinced that it provides an inadequate conceptualization of all aspects of decision making: of the individuals who make the decisions, of the process by which...

   Published December 13th 2000 by Routledge
7. Critical Realism

   Essential Readings

   Edited by Margaret Archer, Roy Bhaskar, Andrew Collier, Tony Lawson, Alan Norrie

   Series: Ontological Explorations

   Critical realism is a movement in philosophy and the human sciences most closely associated with the work of Roy Bhaskar. Since the publication of Bhaskars A Realist Theory of Science, critical realism has had a profound influence on a wide range of subjects. This reader makes accessible, in one...

   Published September 16th 1998 by Routledge