Realism and Social Science offers the reader an authoritative and compelling guide to critical realism and its implications for social theory and for the practi

Realism and Social Science offers the reader an authoritative and compelling guide to critical realism and its implications for social theory and for the practi

Widely praised on its first publication, this second edition directly reflects new developments in the areas of philosophy and method.

This book will be immensely valuable for students and researchers in social science, sociology and philosophy in that it connects methodology, theory and empiri

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The authors examine the relationship between social science and philosophy and ask what sort of work social science and an accompanying philosophy should do. Th

Realist Inquiry in Social Science is an invaluable guide to conducting realist research. Written by highly regarded experts in the field, the first part of the

The demise of empiricist philosophies of science has contributed to the current disarray of philosophy in the social sciences. This book argues that a realist a

Realism and Complexity in Social Science is an argument for a new approach to investigating the social world, that of complex realism. Complex realism brings to

The demise of empiricist philosophies of science has contributed to the current disarray of philosophy in the social sciences. This book argues that a realist a