Method in Social Science: A Realist Approach

by R. Andrew Sayer

In its second edition, Method in Social Science was widely praised for its penetrating analysis of central questions in social science discourse. This revised edition comes with a new preface and a full bibliography. The book is intended for students and researchers familiar with social science but having little or no previous experiences of philosophical and methodological discussion, and for those who are interested in realism and method.

Genres: Academic, Sociology, Research Methods

271 pages, Paperback

First published March 5, 1992

About the author

Andrew Sayer is Professor of Social Theory and Political Economy at Lancaster University and previously lectured in human geography at the University of Sussex. His main areas of interest relevant to the DEMOLOGOS project are critical realism as a distinctive approach to social science analysis, cultural political economy and moral economy as distinctive interdisciplinary traditions, and uneven regional and urban development