A realist approach for qualitative research

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 criti...

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Main Author: Maxwell, Joseph Alex 1941- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, California SAGE Publications 2012
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