Structural inquiry, human agency and the contribution of Harre and Bhaskar : a case study of Wright’s “Classes”


Autoria(s): Adkins, Barbara A.
Data(s)

1993

Resumo

This paper examines the contribution of aspects of critical and referential realism to the “logic” of structural explanation through an analysis of Erik Olin Wright’s Classes and the debate surrounding this work. Wright’s Classes has been selected as a case study because it offers an opportunity to examine issues pertaining to “objective” and “subjective” determinations of class and related questions of agency and structure at the level of actual methodological strategies. A close examination of the structure of Wright’s inquiry reveals a number of places where Harre’s and Bhaskar’s approaches may contribute to the prescription of methodological strategies which could overcome some of the antinomies on which the debate on Classes is based. As a case study, the paper underlines the important “underlabourer” role of critical and referential realism and their contribution to questions of agency and structure in the context of actual stages involved in structural explanation

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/42016/

Publicador

Blackwell Publishing

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/42016/1/Wright%27s_Classes.x.pdf

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-5914.1993.tb00235.x

Adkins, Barbara A. (1993) Structural inquiry, human agency and the contribution of Harre and Bhaskar : a case study of Wright’s “Classes”. Journal For The Theory Of Social Behaviour, 23(2), pp. 157-172.

Direitos

Copyright 1993 The Executive Management Committee and Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Fonte

Creative Industries Faculty; Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation; Journalism, Media & Communication

Palavras-Chave #160807 Sociological Methodology and Research Methods #structure #agency #critical realism #referential realism
Tipo

Journal Article