“…emotions are in themselves generative mechanisms with special tendencies toward action, inaction, and communication. In their most immediate effects, emotions motivate approaching or avoiding behavior.” * This is a guest blog post by Dr. Benjamin Lamb-Books. Benjamin is the author of Angry Abolitionists… Read More »Emotions and Emergence in Sociology: The Critical-Realist Alternative
This is a guest blog post by Paige L. Sweet (Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago). Her work focuses on the biomedicalization of domestic violence, trauma, and feminist politics. She participated in the 2015 Philosophy of Social… Read More »Lessons in Reflexivity: Encounters, Standpoint, and Realism
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] This is a guest blog post by Simeon J. Newman who is a doctoral candidate in sociology at the University of Michigan with interests in political, historical and urban sociology, social… Read More »Method in Comparative Political Social Science: Converging on Critical Realism?
This is a guest blog post by Alvin Camba (Ph.D. candidate in Sociology at the John Hopkins University) reflecting upon his recent experience participating in the Philosophy of Social Sciences Graduate Student Summer Seminar 2016 in Tacoma, WA. Environmental History,… Read More »Environmental History, World-Ecology, and Critical Realism
Margarita Mooney first published this blog entry on Patheos on April 29, 2016. As part of my interest in using critical realism to teach sociological research methods, I drafted the following syllabus ideas. Although I haven’t yet taught this class, I’m… Read More »Using Critical Realism to Teach the Fundamentals of Sociological Research for Practitioners
Margarita Mooney first published this blog entry on Patheos on April 17, 2016. In my upcoming webinar on critical realism and research methods, I plan to propose 2 ways to incorporate CR into research methods classes. Remember, CR is not… Read More »Incorporating Critical Realism into Research Methods Classes
Margarita Mooney first published this blog entry on Patheos on April 17, 2016. This post is about my five favorite articles that explicitly use critical realism as a meta-theoretical framework. Three of the articles I summarize below (Danermark, Decoteau, and Mooney)… Read More »5 Great Articles Using Critical Realism in Social Science Research
Margarita Mooney first published this blog entry on Patheos on April 16, 2016. Although I’m a sociologist, I’ve included books from other disciplines as well, such as economics, disability studies, and management. Even though I can’t say enough good things… Read More »Books on Critical Realism and Sociological Research Methods
A guest blog by Dr. Joe O’Mahoney (Reader, Cardiff Business School) Dr. O’Mahoney is particularly interested in how to put critical realism into practice and how critical realism impacts the way we do research. He is the co-editor of the… Read More »Putting Critical Realism into Practice
This post was originally published on September 9, 2015 on Margarita Mooney’s blog. What might critical realist research methods look like? At the 2015 Annual Meetings of the International Association of Critical Realism, I discussed some common problems I saw… Read More »Critical Realist Research Methods