A Realist Approach For Qualitative Research

ISBN: 9780761929239

出版社: SAGE Publications, Inc

出版年: 2011-11-22

页数: 240

定价: USD 46.00

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

Are cultural and material phenomena equally real? How can one study the relationships between cultural constructions, social behaviour and material conditions and draw a valid conclusion from the data? In contrast to interpretive or constructivist positions, realism supports the insights of critical theory in social and educational research regarding the relationships between actors' perspectives and their actual situations, while avoiding the epistemological objectivism associated with positivism and some forms of post-positivist empiricism. This book will explain how readers can use realism to conceptualize and conduct their qualitative study to get results with greater validity.