{"product_id":"working-with-critical-realism-9781032045610","title":"Working with Critical Realism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis international and interdisciplinary collection gathers stories from researchers and research students about their methodological encounters with critical realism. Whether the contributors are experienced or novice researchers, they are predominantly new to critical realism. For various reasons, as the contributors' detail, they have all been drawn to critical realism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is well known that critical realism can be bewildering and even overwhelming to newcomers, especially to those unfamiliar with language of, and without a grounding in, philosophy. While there are now numerous and important introductory and applied critical realist texts that make critical realism more accessible to a broader audience, stories from newcomers have been absent  especially as part of a single collection. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe significance and uniqueness of this collection lies in its documentation of first-hand reflective insights on the practical use and implementation of critical realis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 1 Introduction: Journeys Through Critical Realism \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlpesh Maisuria and Grant Banfield\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 2 A Detective, Physicist and Historian Walk into a Bar: Abduction, Retroduction and Retrodiction in Critical Realist Evaluations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDidier Boost, Björn Blom \u0026amp; Peter Raeymaeckers \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 3 Bridging the Gap Between Philosophy and Empirical Research: A Critical Realist Methodology Using Quantitative Methods\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatherine Hastings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 4 Parent Engagement in Student Learning: Using Critical Realism to Uncover the Generative Mechanisms Needed for Teachers to Embrace Parent Engagement in their Teaching Practice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatherine Quinn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 5 On the Anti-Imperialist Possibilities of Critical Realism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOmar Kaissi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 6\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eCobbling Together Methods for a Coherent Critical Realist Methodology: Searching for Mechanisms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBree Weizenegger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 7 A Critical Realist Perspective on the 'Quality and Reform Dance' in the Australian Vocational Education and Training (VET) Sector: The Road Less Travelled\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeborah Johnson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 8 The Utility of Critical Realism in Indigenous Research\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCassandra Diamond \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 9 The Spatiality of School Choice – A Critical Realist Quantitative Geography of Education?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnna-Maria Fjellman \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 10 Real Men, Real Violence: Critical Realism and the Search for the Masculine Subject\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBen Wadham \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 11 The Critical Realist Toolkit \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEllenah Mackie\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 12 Journeys to Critical Realism: A Conversation about Spirituality, Love and Human Emancipation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLoretta Geuenich, Celina Valente, and Grant Banfield \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 13 (A kind of) Conclusion – Against Full-Stops and Bookends? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlpesh Maisuria and Grant Banfield\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINDEX\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018811048279,"sku":"9781032045610","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032045610.jpg?v=1750778237","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/working-with-critical-realism-9781032045610","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}