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Realism and social science /

Realism and Social Science offers an authoritative guide to critical realism and an assessment of its virtues in comparison with other leading traditions in social science. It is illustrated throughout with relevant and accessible examples.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sayer, R. Andrew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, 2000.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part One. INTRODUCING CRITICAL REALISMIntroduction
  • Key Features of Critical Realism in Practice A Brief Introduction
  • Part Two. POSTMODERN-REALIST ENCOUNTERSIntroduction
  • Realism for Sceptics
  • Postmodernism and the Three 'Po
  • Mo' Flips
  • Essentialism, Social Constructionism and Beyond
  • Part Three. Social Science and Space
  • Introduction
  • Space and Social Theory
  • Geohistorical Explanation and Problems of Narrative
  • Part Four. CRITICAL REALISM: FROM CRITIQUE TO NORMATIVE THEORYIntroduction
  • Critical Realism and the Limits to Critical Social Science
  • Ethics Unbound For a Normative Turn in Social Theory.