Disaggregating Structures as an Agenda for Critical Realism: A Reply to McAnulla
dc.contributor.author | Bevir, Mark | |
dc.contributor.author | Rhodes, Roderick | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-07T22:39:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
dc.date.updated | 2015-12-07T10:46:50Z | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper offers a commentary on critical realism by proponents of an interpretive political science. It does, in part, by responding to McAnulla's suggestion that critical realists might join the conversation, initiated by interpretive political scientists, about the nature of a post-positivist political science. The paper argues that the critical realist concept of "structure" is too vague to be of much use; it needs to be disaggregated into various types of structure, including "tradition", "dilemma", "practice", and "unintended consequence". The paper also suggests that if critical realists are to disaggregate the concept of structure in a post-positivist manner, they need to avoid philosophical pitfalls such as contrasting the ideational with the material, treating social concepts as natural kinds, and adopting naturalist forms of explanation. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1746-918X | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/23773 | |
dc.publisher | Palgrave Macmillan Ltd | |
dc.source | British Politics | |
dc.subject | Keywords: Critical realism; Dilemma; Interpretation; Ontology; Structure; Tradition | |
dc.title | Disaggregating Structures as an Agenda for Critical Realism: A Reply to McAnulla | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 3 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 403 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 397 | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Bevir, Mark, University of California | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Rhodes, Roderick, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU | |
local.contributor.authoremail | repository.admin@anu.edu.au | |
local.contributor.authoruid | Rhodes, Roderick, u4053827 | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.absfor | 160609 - Political Theory and Political Philosophy | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u8501506xPUB28 | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 1 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1057/palgrave.bp.4200019 | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-41149158617 | |
local.identifier.uidSubmittedBy | u8501506 | |
local.type.status | Published Version |
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