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Explaining society : critical realism in the social sciences / Berth Danermark, Mats Ekström, and Jan Ch. Karlsson.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: Swedish Series: Routledge studies in critical realismPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2019Edition: Second editionDescription: xiii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781138497818 (pbk)
Uniform titles:
  • Att förklara samhället. English
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Explaining societyDDC classification:
  • 301.01 23
LOC classification:
  • HM585 .E8513 2019
Contents:
Table of Contents 1. Introduction; Part I: Introduction to Critical Realism; 2. Science and Reality; 3. Conceptual Abstraction and Causality; Part II: Methodological Implications; 4. Social Structures and Human Agency; 5. Generalization, Scientific Inference and Models for Explanatory Social Science; 6. Theory in the Methodology of Social Science; 7. Critical Methodological Pluralism – Intensive and Extensive Research Design and Interdisciplinarity; 8. Social Science and Practice; 9. Conclusion; Glossary; Index.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Notes Date due Barcode
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Translation of the author's book Att förklara samhället.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction;
Part I: Introduction to Critical Realism;
2. Science and Reality;
3. Conceptual Abstraction and Causality;
Part II: Methodological Implications;
4. Social Structures and Human Agency;
5. Generalization, Scientific Inference and Models for Explanatory Social Science;
6. Theory in the Methodology of Social Science;
7. Critical Methodological Pluralism – Intensive and Extensive Research Design and Interdisciplinarity;
8. Social Science and Practice;
9. Conclusion;
Glossary;
Index.

Translated from Swedish.