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The following is for participants studying 'Introduction to the Philosophy of Social Research' at the CARC Summer School, Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Please find attached files concerning my notes to lectures largely drawn from course textbooks listed in 'Course Outline' (Week 1).

If you are making references to any lecture materials, please email me to ensure proper citation. Plagiarism is a serious offence, and is avoidable.

If there are any problems, please contact me:

Email: balihar_sanghera@yahoo.co.uk

Telephone: 66-26-48 (home)

Cheers, Balihar Sanghera

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Social Science Websites - sites for social theory, online papers, journals, universities, research bodies and resources sites

Day 1: Course Outline
Positivism
Positivism - Slides

Day 2: Interpretivism
Interpretivism - Slides

Day 3: Critical Theory and Feminism
Critical Theory and Feminism - Slides

Day 4: Critical Realism
Critical Realism - Slides

Day 5: Critical Realism and its critics
Critical Realism and its critics - Slides

Comparative Research Methodologies

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