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1003636
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b758006
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| Title & Author
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Making realism work : : realist social theory and empirical research /\ edited by Bob Carter and Caroline New.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2004.
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| Series Statement
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Critical realism--interventions
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xiv, 197 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0203624289
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: 0415300614
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: 0415347718
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: 9780203624289
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: 9780415300612
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: 9780415347716
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Machine derived contents note: PART I -- Methodology and measurement 21 -- Introduction 23 -- 1 Evidence-based policy: a realist perspective 26 -- RAY PAWSON -- 2 Complex and contingent causation -- the implications -- of complex realism for quantitative modelling: the case of -- housing and health 50 -- DAVE BYRNE -- 3 Realism and probability 67 -- MALCOLM WILLIAMS AND WENDY DYER -- PART II -- Applying realism 87 -- Introduction 89 -- 4 Class as variable, class as generative mechanism: the -- importance of critical realism for the sociology of health -- inequalities 91 -- PAUL HIGGS, IAN REES JONES AND GRAHAM SCAMBLER -- 5 Researching 'real' language 111 -- BOB CARTER AND ALISON SEALEY -- PART III -- Reflexivity and realist research 131 -- Introduction 133 -- 6 Methodological triangulation and realist research: an -- Indian exemplar 135 -- WENDY OLSEN -- 7 Health visitors and 'disadvantaged' parent-clients: -- designing realist research 151 -- ANGIE HART, CAROLINE NEW AND MARNIE FREEMAN -- 8 Reflexivity and social science: a contradiction in terms? 171 -- TIM MAY.
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| Abstract
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In this innovative book, theorists and researchers from various social science disciplines explore the potential of realist social theory for empirical research. The examples are drawn from a wide range of fields health and medicine, crime, housing, sociolinguistics, development theory and deal with issues such as causality, probability, and reflexivity in social science. Varied and lively contributions relate central methodological issues to detailed accounts of research projects which adopt a realist framework.
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Social policy.
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Social sciences-- Research.
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70.02 philosophy and theory of the social sciences.
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Empirische Sozialforschung
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Realismus
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Social policy.
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Social sciences-- Research.
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Soziologische Theorie
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Relevantie.
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Sociaal realisme.
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Sociaal-wetenschappelijk onderzoek.
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| Dewey Classification
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300/.1
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H62.M246 2004
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301.01
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70.02bcl
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70.02.bcl
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| Added Entry
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Carter, Bob,1948-
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New, Caroline,1946-
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