Realist synthesis: a critique and an alternative

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Journal of Critical Realism 20 (1):1-17 (2021)
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Realist synthesis is often offered as a useful strategy to understand intervention complexity. Its unique selling point is its basis in a critical realist philosophy of science. However, we argue t...

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10.1080/14767430.2020.1860425

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Dialectic: the pulse of freedom.Roy Bhaskar - 2008 - New York: Routledge.
Dialectic: The Pulse of Freedom.Roy Bhaskar - 1993 - New York: Routledge.
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