LEADER 02950nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910810474703321 005 20240418013747.0 010 $a1-4462-3605-6 010 $a1-281-89763-9 010 $a1-4462-1873-2 010 $a1-84787-683-8 010 $a9786611897635 010 $a0-585-30077-1 035 $a(CKB)111004366769414 035 $a(EBL)343951 035 $a(OCoLC)437211882 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000365053 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12081438 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000365053 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10398307 035 $a(PQKB)10835369 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000233396 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11202634 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000233396 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10233037 035 $a(PQKB)11356434 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC343951 035 $a(OCoLC)729013102 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000063929 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL343951 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10256981 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL189763 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004366769414 100 $a20120326d2000 fy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRealism and social science$b[electronic resource] /$fAndrew Sayer 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon $cSAGE$d2000 215 $a1 online resource (211 p.) $cill 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7619-6124-0 311 $a0-7619-6123-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [189]-199) and index. 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""PART IV - CRITICAL REALISM: FROM CRITIQUE TO NORMATIVE THEORY""""8 Ethics Unbound: For a NormativeTurn in Social Theory""; ""References""; ""Index"" 330 8 $aRealism 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. 606 $aSocial sciences$xResearch 606 $aCritical realism 615 0$aSocial sciences$xResearch. 615 0$aCritical realism. 676 $a300.72 700 $aSayer$b R. Andrew$0125237 801 0$bStDuBDS 801 1$bStDuBDS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810474703321 996 $aRealism and social science$9765389 997 $aUNINA