01570    a2200265   4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003600085040000700121041000800128072001600136072001400152072002100166072001800187100002100205245002500226250000600251260003200257300001000289520093600299700002701235700002701262999001501289113879801020250317100416.0250312042014GB                   eng    a9781138798014  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 51.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aJHBA2thema7 aJHBA2bic7 aSOC0260002bisac7 a301.012bisac1 aAndrea Maccarini10aSociological Realism  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20140519  a216 p  bSociological Realism presents a clear and updated discussion of the main tenets and issues of social theory, written by some of the top scholars within the critical realist and relational approach. It connects such approaches systematically to other strands of thought that are central in contemporary sociology, like systems theory and rational choice theory. Divided into three parts, social ontology, sociological theory, and methodology, each part includes a systematic presentation, a comment, and a wider discussion by the editors, thereby taking on the form of a dialogue among experts. This book is a uniquely blended and consistent conversation showing the convergence of European social theory on a critical realist and relational way of thinking. This volume is extremely important both for teaching purposes and for all those scholars who wish to get a fresh perspective on some deep dynamics of contemporary sociology.1 aEmmanuele Morandi4B011 aRiccardo Prandini4B01  c2945d2945