Social Causation and Biographical Research: Philosophical, Theoretical and Methodological Arguments
Author:   Giorgos Tsiolis (University of Crete, Greece) ,  Michalis Christodoulou (University of Patras, Greece)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780367620363


Pages:   120
Publication Date:   09 November 2020
Format:   Hardback
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Social Causation and Biographical Research: Philosophical, Theoretical and Methodological Arguments


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Author:   Giorgos Tsiolis (University of Crete, Greece) ,  Michalis Christodoulou (University of Patras, Greece)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.660kg
ISBN:  

9780367620363


ISBN 10:   0367620367
Pages:   120
Publication Date:   09 November 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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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

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Giorgos Tsiolis is Associate Professor of Qualitative Methods in Sociological Research and currently Head of the Department of Sociology at the University of Crete, Greece. Michalis Christodoulou teaches in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Patras, Greece. He is the co-editor of Emotions, Temporalities and Working-Class Identities in the 21st Century.

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