1st Edition
Realist Evaluation Principles and Practice
Introduction: The Context of Realist Data Collection
Ana Manzano and Emma Williams
1. Testing realist hypotheses: The Value of Diverse Evidence, including Unobtrusive Measures
Troy Allard, Susan Rayment-McHugh and Nick Tilley
2. A Realist Understanding of Bias in Qualitative Data Collection
Ana Manzano
3. Nothing as Practical as an Analytical Strategy in Realist Evaluation: Findings and Recommendations from a Comprehensive Review
Steffen Bohni Nielsen and Sebastian Lemire
4. Combining Realist Reviews with Realist Evaluations
Geoff Wong, Jo Howe, Maura MacPhee and Ian Maidment
5. Managing Abundance Rigorously: Quality in Realist Evaluation with Extensive Qualitative Data
Charles Michaelis
6. Realist Interviewing for Novice Realist Evaluators
Jo Howe
7. Realist Interviews in Global Health Research: Case Studies and Comparative Analysis with Similar Interview Approaches
Sara Van Belle, Prashanth N Srinivas, Tom Cornu, Pragati Hebbar, Ibukun O. Abejirinde and Bruno Marchal
8. Realist Data Collection in Less Familiar Settings: Exploring Challenges and Strategies
Brynne Gilmore and Nadege Sandrine Uwamahoro
9. Qualitative Realist Interviews using Online Video Technology: Challenges and Opportunities
Emma Williams
10. Lessons from Realist Evaluations in Canada: Advancing Programme Theory through Patient-Oriented Research Approaches
Tracey Carr and Gary Groot
11. The Realist Topic Guide
Sam Redgate and Sonia Dalkin
12. Developing a Recipe for Realist Interviewing using Critical Realist Ingredients
Catherine Hastings
13. Theorising through the Lens: Introducing a Realist Photovoice Technique
Ferdinand C. Mukumbang and Sara Dada
Biography
Ana Manzano is an Associate Professor in Public Policy at University of Leeds, UK.
Emma Williams was an Associate Professor in the Realist Research, Evaluation and Learning Initiative at Charles Darwin University, Australia until mid-2024 and now is an independent research and evaluation consultant.
"Many years ago, Charles Wright Mills implored us to remember that doing social research was not a matter of blindly following set designs and routinised procedures. It requires a generous application of the sociological imagination. In Manzano and Williams’s collection we discover the same creative motif. In example after example, we gain insight on the resourcefulness of the realist imagination." -- Ray Pawson
