The loss of faith in mainstream political parties and moderate electoral candidates seems
characteristic of the zeitgeist in much of the Western world and beyond. Whether in the form …

Social constructionism has often been seen as incompatible with realist approaches to the
social world. This paper argues that critical realism is thoroughly compatible with moderate …

Mobilising postfeminism as an analytical device, this article re-examines how women
business owners discursively engage with the identity of the mumpreneur. Drawing on …

This paper argues that morality is what links structure to agency and that this perspective
supports Giddens' point of view that the agency–structure linkage entails not dualism but …

Utilising critical realist philosophy of social science, this article contends that discourse may
be studied as a causal mechanism in the generation of events—and one relationally …

Qualitative methods have become increasingly popular among researchers, and while many
comprehensive textbooks describe the standard techniques and philosophical assumptions …

Research on women's drinking occurs in largely disparate disciplines—including public
health, health promotion, psychology, sociology, and cultural studies—and draws on …

This paper contributes to the development of a critical realist approach to discourse analysis
by combining aspects of 'critical discourse analysis'(CDA) and 'the morphogenetic …

Social constructionism is one of the key ideas in the social sciences, offering different
frameworks for understanding the human world. But what does it mean when we say that …

This study explores the representation of gender through the social interactions presented in
four sets of English textbooks used in China. By examining the representation of both …