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Doing Realist Research Edited by Nick Emmel, Joanne Greenhalgh, Ana Manzano, Mark Monaghan and Sonia Dalkin is published on the 30th June 2018!

 

Pre-order you copy now from a reputable book dealer!

 

Doing Realist Research brings 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

-          Choose cases, qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods and strategies for analysis

-          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.  



Table of contents

Introduction	Nick Emmel, Joanne Greenhalgh, Ana Manzano, Mark Monaghan, and Sonia Dalkin	Doing realist research

 

1	Nick Tilley

 	Forty Years with Realist Ray and their Unintended Consequences: An Affectionate and Unfinished Middle Range Story of Realist Methods

2	Malcolm Williams	Making up Mechanisms  

 

3	Gill Westhorp	Revisiting mechanisms in realist research and evaluation 

4	Brad Astbury	Will it work elsewhere? Social programming in open systems

 

5	Bruno Marchal, Guy Kegels and Sara Van Belle

 	Realist evaluation in health policy and systems research: theory incarnate 

 

6	David Byrne

 	Large scale interventions in large scale nested systems – a Complex Realist Take

 

7	Rob Anderson, Rebecca Hardwick, Mark Pearson, and Richard Byng

 	Using realist approaches to explain the costs and cost-effectiveness of programmes

 

8	Geoff Wong

 	The challenges and solutions to data gathering in realist reviews: looking for needles in haystacks

 

9	Andrew Booth, Judy Wright and Simon Briscoe 

 	Scoping and Searching to Support Realist Approaches 

 

10	Mark Monaghan and Annette Boaz 

 	The place of realist explanation and review and their impact on policy: More useful, more used? 

 

11	Mike Kelly 

 	Realist methods and the politics of evidence: developing evidence-based public health guidelines.

12	Ray Pawson

 	Realist Memorabilia





Dr Nick Emmel | School of Sociology and Social Policy | University of Leeds |Leeds |LS2 9JT

+44 (0) 113 343 6958 | Twitter @NickEmmel | Blog http://realistmethods.wordpress.com/

Director for Advanced Qualitative Methods (AQULM) Training for the ESRC White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership







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