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Based in the philosophy of critical realism, this book employs a range of Margaret Archer's theoretical concepts, from morphogenetic cycles and the emergence of educational systems at the macro level, to the exercise of reflexivity among individuals at the micro level, to investigate temporal and spatial aspects of Norwegian education.

This international and interdisciplinary collection gathers stories from researchers and research students about their methodological encounters with critical realism.

This international and interdisciplinary collection gathers stories from researchers and research students about their methodological encounters with critical realism.

This reader suggests that returning to, and placing centre-stage, the role of philosophy, especially critical realist philosophy of science, is invaluable for efforts that seek to overcome or mitigate the uncertainty and acrimony which have characterised the discipline in recent years.

Based in the philosophy of critical realism, this book employs a range of Margaret Archer's theoretical concepts, from morphogenetic cycles and the emergence of educational systems at the macro level, to the exercise of reflexivity among individuals at the micro level, to investigate temporal and spatial aspects of Norwegian education.

Through an extensive critical review of the major traditions of social theory from the perspective of social realism, this book develops the argument that social theory to date has been hamstrung by its resort to conflationary-reductive analytical modes. Deploying social realism as a tool of explanatory critique of influential sociological theories of contemporary society, such as risk, liquid modernity, reflexive modernity, and postmodernity, this book is essential reading for students and scholars of critical theory, critical realism, philosophy and sociology.

In this book Christopher Norris develops the case for scientific realism by tackling various adversary arguments from a range of anti-realist positions.

Presents an argument that the gender biased identity of many states represents the significant barrier to diffusion. This book explores how particular norms have diffused into certain states as a consequence of international and domestic pressure. It also addresses the limitations of explanations of international norms.

This book offers a defence of realism in the philosophy of religion and argues that religious belief - with particular reference to Christian belief - is cognitive and open to rational discussion between believers and

Cynthia Lins Hamlin persuasively argues that critical realism represents a better safeguard against the relativism which springs from the conflation of social reality and our ideas about it.

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Opposing the theist ontological logics more generally, this book argues that the earth-bound materialist dialectics of the classical Marxist tradition, and the naturalistic humanism these dialectics under-labour on the terrain of socio-historical being, offer a way forward for critical realist theory and for liberatory politics and ethics.

In Europe, the framework of economic competitiveness has become the defining aim of education, to be achieved by managerialist techniques and mechanisms. This book argues against this vision of education, and offers a different approach.

Poststructuralism has achieved remarkable success in challenging our belief in natural sex categories and instincts. Embracing biological and cultural variability, this book shows that the sexed body is naturally structured and deeply meaningful. It employs colourful illustrations from biology, anthropology and psychology.

Methodological debates in the social sciences have increasingly focused on issues relating to epistemology. This book charts a ground between postmodernism and positivism. It argues that realism can combine a definition of social reality with an anti-foundational approach to knowledge. It develops the realist anti-foundationalism.

By constructing historical materialism as realist social theory, it becomes possible to resolve many dilemmas in Marxist discourse, such as voluntarism versus determinism and humanism versus economism. This book rethinks Marx's sociology as a form of realist social theory, extending Roy Bhaskar's philosophical realism into the social sciences.