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Critical realism and realist research in human geography: a method or a philosophy in search of a method?
Abstract
Recent philosophical debates in human geography tend to misappropriate critical realism as a method per se. Drawing upon an extensive review of the realist philosophy and method in social science, this article argues that critical realism is a philosophy in search of a method. It first delves into recent debates about critical realism within the wider geographical discourse. It then suggests three useful guidelines in executing realist research in human geography: iterative abstraction, qualified grounded theory method and methodological triangulation. The article ends with a detailed empirical example for the readers to work through of the ways in which realist research can be practised in human geography.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Yeung, H. W.-C.
- Venue
- Progress in Human Geography
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1997-02
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 51-74
- ISSN
- 0309-1325 (ISSN-L)
- 1477-0288
- OpenAlex
- W2135050958
- Cited by
- 300
- References
- 79
- FWCI
- 7.64
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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