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Explaining Society: An Introduction to Critical Realism in the Social Sciences
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This book will be immensely valuable for students and researchers in social science, sociology and philosophy in that it connects methodology, theory and empirical research. It provides an innovative picture of what society and social science is, along with the methods used to study and explain social phenomena.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bhaskar, R.
- Venue
- Routledge eBooks
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 2005-06-29
- OpenAlex
- W2911079655
- Cited by
- 327
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 10.81
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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