Critical realism: the difference in makes

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Critical realism is a movement in philosophy and the human sciences most closely associated with the work of Roy Bhaskar. Since the publication of Bhaskars A Realist Theory of Science, critical realism has had a profound influence on a wide range of subjects. This reader makes accessible, in one volume, key readings to stimulate debate about and within critical realism. It explores the following themes:* transcendental realist* the theory of explanatory critique* dialectics* Bhaskar's critical …

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Full title :Critical realism : the difference in makes / edited by Justin Cruickshank.

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Publication Date:2003.

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Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2003.

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Description based upon print version of record.

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Description:1 online resource (259 p.).

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ISBN:0860916022, 9780860916024, 1134402813, 9781134402816, 0415434440, 9780415434447, 1280023635, 9781280023637, 0203512308, 9780203512302, 1134402821, 9781134402823
DOI:10.4324/9780203512302
oclc:on1241774305
LC Classification:B835
Dewey Decimal:149.2

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Introduction; The self: method and ethics; The private life of the social agent: what difference does it make?; Are critical realist ethics foundationalist?; Social science and critique after the linguistic turn; Feminism, critical realism and the linguistic turn; Critical realism: the difference it makes, in theory; Critical realism and scientific method in Chomsky's linguistics; Method, politics and policy; Underlabouring and unemployment: notes for developing a critical realist approach to the agency of the chronically unemployed

New Labour, school effectiveness and ideological COMMITMENTWhat race means to realists; Cultural studies: towards a realist intervention; Political economy and globalism; Naturalism and economics; A critical realist approach to global political economy; Explaining global poverty: a realist critique of the orthodox approach; Index