Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

The authors examine the nature of the relationship between social science and philosophy and address the sort of work social science should do, and the role and sorts of claims that an accompanying philosophy should engage in. In particular, the authors reintroduce the question of ontology, an area long overlooked by philosophers of social science, and present a cricital engagement with the work of Roy Bhaskar. The book argues against the excesses of philosophising and commits itself to a philosophical approach more deeply grounded in the social sciences.

Social sciences --- Socialism --- Critical realism --- Sciences sociales --- Socialisme --- Réalisme critique --- Philosophy --- Philosophie --- Bhaskar, Roy, --- Political and social views --- Critical realism. --- Socialism. --- Philosophy. --- Political and social views. --- Réalisme critique --- Social philosophy --- Social theory --- Marxism --- Social democracy --- Socialist movements --- Collectivism --- Anarchism --- Communism --- Critical theory --- Philosophy, Modern --- Realism

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Can capitalism and citizenship co-exist? In recent years advocates of the Third Way have championed the idea of public-spirited capitalism as the antidote to the many problems confronting the modern world. This book develops a multi-disciplinary theory of citizenship, exploring the human abilities needed for its practice. It then argues that capitalism impedes the nurturing of these abilities. In advancing these arguments, Kathryn Dean draws on the work of a wide range of thinkers including Freud, Marx, Lacan, Habermas and Castells.

Political participation. --- Capitalism. --- Market economy --- Economics --- Profit --- Capital --- Citizen participation --- Community action --- Community involvement --- Community participation --- Involvement, Community --- Mass political behavior --- Participation, Citizen --- Participation, Community --- Participation, Political --- Political activity --- Political behavior --- Political rights --- Social participation --- Political activists --- Politics, Practical