Elaborating the Context-Mechanism-Outcome configuration (CMOc) in realist evaluation: A critical realist perspective

Evaluation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 141-154

  de Souza, Denise E ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Context Mechanism Outcome configurations; critical realism; realist evaluation; realist social theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876193510     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: 14617153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356389013485194     Document Type: Article

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