Critical realism and the process account of emergence

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 251-279

  Pratten, Stephen ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collective practice; Critical realism; Downward causation; Emergence; Interactivism; Organisation; Organising relational structure; Process; Situation convention; Texture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883552357     PISSN: 00218308     EISSN: 14685914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.12017     Document Type: Article

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