Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Metatheory: grouping method, 1 Introduction: what is critical theory? 2 Foundations of metatheory: between subjectivism and objectivism, 3 Postempiricist critiques of positivism and empiricism, Part II: Critical theory as a research program, 4 Early critical theory as a research program: a historical introduction, 5 Postempiricist Metatheory and the human sciences: interim developments, 6 The metatheory of critical theory: beyond objectivism and relativism, 7 Contemporary critical theory as a research program: Giddens and Habermas, Part III: Critical theory and empirical research, 8 Deconstructing the conventional discourse of methodology: quantitative versus qualitative methods, 9 Non-empirical methods: reflexive procedures, 10 Empirical procedures in critical research, 11 Contexts of critical empirical research, 12 Critical social science and society: theory and practice.