Critical Realism for Health and Social Research

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May-Britt Solem (Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway) Dag Jenssen

Critical Realism for Health and Social Research

May-Britt Solem (Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway), Dag Jenssen

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Routledge
26 November 2024

Social research & statistics; Social work; Public health & preventive medicine

This book, which is aimed at the health care and social work/care field, looks at the relationship between different levels of research projects.

As the social sciences can be based on quite different assumptions or ‘philosophies’ about what the social world is like and how knowledge about it can be obtained, this book will help students navigate the need for consistency between empirical work, the research question, research design, values and philosophy of science.

Based on a critical realist perspective the book seeks to elucidate and to reflect on such connections, and to argue for the requirements of coherence as well as taking a critical look at the dilemmas that arise in health and social care/work research.

Comprised of thirteen chapters which cover theoretical frameworks, research questions, objectives of the study, research ethical considerations, values, and the question of validity, it shows how these must be interlinked if a project is to have a good design.

It will be of interest to researchers, PhD candidates and master's students in the field of health care and social work/care.

Edited by: May-Britt Solem (Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences Norway), Dag Jenssen
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781032616476
ISBN 10: 1032616474
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 26 November 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

1.Introduction. 2.Coherence: The need to think about the whole. 3.Critical realism and “the situated knowledges” methodology: Coherent and comprehensive positions in health and social research? 4.Coherence and methodological issues specific for interdisciplinary research. 5.Dialectical Critical Realism, Action Research and Social Work. 6.The role of values in a critical realist perspective. 7.Quality criteria in research: the empiricist approach and critical realism. 8.Quality in critical realist qualitative research. 9.Mechanism explanations in social research. 10.Rethinking research on young adults’ labour market inclusion: a critical analysis of ambivalent outcome categories. 11.Climate Change is Real: Critical Realism and the Unequal Social Impacts of Climate Change. 12.Mixed methods research a strengthening of validity? 13.Conclusion.

May-Britt Solem is Professor Emerita of Social Work at Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway. She is the editor of Critical Realism for Welfare Professions: Routledge (2017). Dag Jenssen is Associate Professor of philosophy of science at Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway.