Critical Realism

By J. Cruickshank

Subjects: Sociology, Social sciences, Movements, Sociale wetenschappen, Realisme (filosofie), Realism, Nonfiction, Social sciences, philosophy, Critical realism, PHILOSOPHY, Social sciences, methodology, Kritiek (filosofie), Methodology, Philosophy

Description: This book introduces social scientists to the difference that critical realism can make to theorising and methodological problems within the contemporary social sciences. The chapters, which cover such topics as cultural studies, feminism, globalization, heterodox economics, education policy, the self, and the 'underclass' debate, are arranged in four sections dealing with some of the major topics in contemporary social science: ethics, the consequences of the 'linguistic turn', methodology and globalization.