Social causation and biographical research : philosophical, theoretical and methodological arguments /: philosophical, theoretical and methodological arguments. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Georgios Tsiolis, Michalis Christodoulou.
• Authors: Tsiolis, Giorgos, 1967-; Christodoulou, Michalēs
• Contents: 1. Introduction: Singular causation and biographical research 2. Philosophical arguments on social causality: Cases of reductionism 3. Critical realism: Causal mechanisms as emergent powers 4. Causal explanation as process tracing 5. Relating cases with phenomena: Arguments for generalizing through mechanisms 6. The relational subject and latent meaning structures 7. Why the temporal is causal 8. Case reconstruction and relational mechanisms in biographical research practice 9. Epilogue: Summarizing the argumentation
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 300.722; Social sciences -- Biographical methods
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000260731; 9781000260670; 9781000260700; 9781003107613
• Related ISBNs: 9780367620363
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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