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Labour Process Theory and Critical Realism

Year: 2010

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: This chapter explores the potential synergies between labour process theory (LPT) and critical realism (CR). Its purpose is not to suggest that using CR is a substitute for theorising within the LPT tradition. Rather it is to set out the view that CR conceptions of a layered ontology may help to address and resolve some long standing issues about the scope and character of LPT, particularly those associated with the idea of a ‘core’ theory, as discussed below and in several chapters within this volume (see also Edwards 2005).

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-137-11817-2_4

Authors: Paul Thompson, Steve Vincent

Institution: Division of Human Resource Management

Language: English

Topic: Critical Realism in Sociology

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2234664218

FWCI: 39.92

Cites: 43

Cited by: 108

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