A new, hands-on approach to social inquiry for social scientists who wish to make a difference to policy and practice.

"Real Social Science presents a new, hands-on approach to social inquiry. The theoretical and methodological ideas behind the book, inspired by Aristotelian phr

New approach demonstrating how social science can be successful, focusing on context, values, and power.

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Recently, social science has had numerous episodes of influential research that was found invalid when placed under rigorous scrutiny. The growing sense that ma