02981nam 2200721 a 450 991045457790332120200520144314.01-4462-3605-61-281-89763-91-4462-1873-21-84787-683-897866118976350-585-30077-1(CKB)111004366769414(EBL)343951(OCoLC)437211882(SSID)ssj0000365053(PQKBManifestationID)12081438(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000365053(PQKBWorkID)10398307(PQKB)10835369(SSID)ssj0000233396(PQKBManifestationID)11202634(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000233396(PQKBWorkID)10233037(PQKB)11356434(MiAaPQ)EBC343951(OCoLC)729013102(StDuBDS)EDZ0000063929(Au-PeEL)EBL343951(CaPaEBR)ebr10256981(CaONFJC)MIL189763(EXLCZ)9911100436676941420120326d2000 fy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRealism and social science[electronic resource] /Andrew SayerLondon SAGE20001 online resource (217 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7619-6124-0 0-7619-6123-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-199) and index.""Cover ""; ""Contents""; ""PART I - INTRODUCING CRITICAL REALISM""; ""Introduction""; ""1Key Features of Critical Realism in Practice: A Brief Outline""; ""PART II - POSTMODERN-REALIST ENCOUNTERS""; ""Introduction""; ""2 Realism for Sceptics""; ""3 Postmodernism and the Three 'Pomo Flips'""; ""4 Essentialism, Social Constructionism and Beyond""; ""PART III - SOCIAL SCIENCE AND SPACE""; ""Introduction""; ""5 Space and Social Theory""; ""6 Geohistorical Explanation and Problems of Narrative""; ""7 Critical Realism and the Limits to Critical Social Science""""PART IV - CRITICAL REALISM: FROM CRITIQUE TO NORMATIVE THEORY""""8 Ethics Unbound: For a NormativeTurn in Social Theory""; ""References""; ""Index""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.Social sciencesResearchCritical realismElectronic books.Social sciencesResearch.Critical realism.300.1300/.7/2Sayer R. Andrew125237StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910454577903321Realism and social science765389UNINA