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Summary
Summary
Bringing together leading theorists, researchers and policy makers with expertise in using realist methods, this book is a definitive guide to putting realist methodologies into practice.
Not just an overview of the field, this book looks to extend current debates and apply realist methods to new and practical challenges in social research. Featuring practical, worked examples of how to turn theory into evidence, it empowers readers not just to understand realist methods, but to use them.
It will help readers:
- Negotiate the complexity of relational systems
- Understand the importance and relevance of cumulative theory
- Address concerns over data sources and quality
- Be flexible and creative in realist approaches
- Produce useful evidence for policy.
Sophisticated and globally minded, this book is the perfect addition to the ongoing development and application of realist methods across evaluation, synthesis, and social research.
Author Notes
Nick Emmel is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds.
Joanne Greenhalgh is Associate Professor in Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds.
Ana Manzano is Lecturer in Health and Social Policy at the University of Leeds.
Mark Monaghan is Lecturer in Criminology and Social Policy at the University of Loughborough.
Sonia Dalkin is Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Wellbeing at Northumbria University, Newcastle.
Table of Contents
| List of figures and tables | p. ix |
| Author biographies | p. xi |
| Introduction: Doing realist evaluation, synthesis and research | p. 1 |
| 1 The middle-range methodology of realist evaluation: Forty years with Realist Ray and their unintended consequences, an affectionate and unfinished middle-range story | p. 15 |
| 2 Making up mechanisms in realist research | p. 25 |
| 3 Understanding mechanisms in realist evaluation and research | p. 41 |
| 4 Making claims using realist methods | p. 59 |
| 5 Theory and realist methods | p. 79 |
| 6 Researching complex large-scale nested interventions | p. 91 |
| 7 Using realist approaches to explain the costs and cost-effectiveness of programmes | p. 107 |
| 8 Data gathering in realist reviews: Looking for needles in haystacks | p. 131 |
| 9 Scoping and searching to support realist approaches | p. 147 |
| 10 Evidence from realist research, its influence and impact | p. 167 |
| 11 Realist research, guidelines and the politics of evidence | p. 185 |
| 12 Realist memorabilia | p. 203 |
| References | p. 221 |
| Index | p. 245 |
