Critical theory and methodology / Raymond A. Morrow, with David D. Brown

Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-349) and index

Introduction: what is critical theory? -- Foundations of metatheory: between subjectivism and objectivism -- Postempiricist critiques of positivism and empiricism -- Early critical theory as a research program: a historical introduction -- Postempiricist metatheory and the human sciences: interim developments -- The metatheory of critical theory: beyond objectivism and relativism -- Contemporary critical theory as a research program: Giddens and Habermas Deconstructing the conventional discourse of methodology: quantitative versus qualitative methods -- Non-empirical methods: reflexive procedures -- Empirical procedures in critical research -- Contexts of critical empirical research -- Critical social science and society: theory and practice