Dictionary of Critical Realism

Preface, Contributors and Contributions, List of Figures, HOW TO USE THIS BOOK, Cross References, References and Quotations, Citation of Works by Bhaskar, Citation of Works by Other Authors, General Abbreviations, Symbols, Abbreviations Used by Critical Realist Authors, Critical realism, The causal-axiological chain (MELD[ARA] schema), Domains, The hermeneutical circles, Dialectic, Epistemological dialectic, General, DICTIONARY ENTRIES, Works by Roy Bhaskar, Other Works Referred to in the Text Contributors and Contributions: Alexander, David (University of Technology, NSW), brain Archer, Margaret S. (University of Warwick) morphogenesis/morphostasis Blom, Bjoern (Umea University), social work (with Stefan Moren) Bowring, Bill (London Metropolitan University), legal studies Brannan, Matthew (Keele University), ethnography Brereton, Derek P. (University of Michigan), anthropology evolution of society evolutionary psychology Brown, Andrew (University of Leeds) economics Byrne, David (Durham University) chaos/complexity theory (with David L. Harvey) Calder, Gideon (University of Wales, Cardiff), ethics philosophical anthropology sociology of the body Carter, Bob (University of Warwick), race, racism, ethnicity Clark, Alexander M. (University of Alberta), nursing Clarke, Graham (University of Essex), psychoanalysis Cruickshank, Justin (University of Birmingham), essentialism Dean, Kathryn (University of London), medium theory needs reason Downward, Paul (Loughborough University), method, quantitative D'Souza, Radha (University of Waikato), colonialism, neo-colonialism, post-colonialism emancipatory movements Ekstroem, Mats (OErebro University) media studies Engholm, Par (OErebro University), irrealism pragmatism TMSA totality Fairclough, Norman (University of Lancaster), discourse analysis Faulkner, Philip (University of Cambridge), closure, demi-reg, PRVS model Ferber, Michael P. (West Virginia University), geography of religion Steve Fleetwood (University of Lancaster), industrial relations labour markets Groff, Ruth (Williams College), truth Harvey, David L. (University of Illinois), chaos/complexity theory (with David Byrne) Hostettler, Nick (University of London), sociology of knowledge Hoyer, Karl Georg (Roskilde University), ecology (with Petter Naess) Jessop, Bob (University of Lancaster), political science social form space-time strategic-relational approach Jones, Peter, (Sheffield Hallam University), linguistics Joseph, Jonathan (University of Kent), hegemony political theory structuralism, post-structuralism Kowalczyk, Ruth (University of Lancaster), management science Lacey, Hugh (Swarthmore College/Universidade de Sao Paulo) explanatory critique philosophy of religion (with Douglas V. Porpora) Lawson, Clive (University of Cambridge), technology Lawson, Julie (University of Amsterdam), urban studies Maton, Karl (University of Wollongong), studies of education (with Brad Shipway) Mingers, John (University of Kent), autopoiesis system Minnerup, Gunter (University of New South Wales), historiography Moren, Stefan (Umea University) social work (with Bjoern Blom) Morgan, Jamie (University of Helsinki), analytical problematic emergence empiricism globalisation idealism identity theory materialism mind political economy (with Heikki Patomaki) power Morrow, Ross (University of Technology, NSW), social theory sociology sociology of sexuality Naess, Petter (Aalborg University) ecology (with Karl Georg Hoyer) urban and regional planning Nellhaus, Tobin (Yale University), aesthetics cognitive science culture, cultural analysis signs, semiology, semiotic New, Caroline (University of Bath Spa), feminist theory gender Nielsen, Peter (Roskilde University), capitalism critical theory fetishism Marxism rational choice theory Norrie, Alan (University of London), dialectical critical realism Norris, Christopher (University of Wales, Cardiff), ontology, transcendental realism Olsen, Wendy (University of Manchester), poverty Parker, Ian (Manchester Metropolitan University), psychology Parker, Jenneth (London South Bank University), sustainability Patomaki, Heikki (University of Helsinki), futures studies international relations neoliberalism political economy (with Jamie Morgan) Pinkstone, Brian (University of Western Sydney) economic history tendency (with Mervyn Hartwig) Porpora, Douglas V. (Drexel University), philosophy of religion (with Hugh Lacey) social structure Potter, Garry (Wilfrid Laurier University), knowledge theory of philosophy of social science Pratten, Stephen B. (University of London), contrast explanation explanation Psillos, Stathis (University of Athens), causal law inference Nicod's criterion philosophy of science realism Ratcliffe, Peter (University of Warwick) migration studies Roberts, John M. (Brunel University), postmodernism Scambler, Graham (University of London), disability sociology of health and medicine Shield, Richard (University of Leeds), management and organisation studies method, methodology Shipway, Brad (Southern Cross University), studies of education (with Karl Maton) Tew, Philip (Brunel University), literary theory Westerhuis, Diane (James Cook University), social constructionism Williams, Malcolm (University of Plymouth), probability