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3. The Methodological Assumptions of Research:
Marxist Views
53
The Research Process: Deduction Versus Induction 58
Observation: Going Beyond Appearances 60
Interpretation 64
Data 66
Concepts and Indicators 67
Explanatory Forms: Causality, Dialectics, and
Teleology
70
Theory: Construction, Testing, and Application 84
Research Implications of Marxist Methodological
Assumptions: Summary
96
4. Marxist Views of Science 99
How Marxists View Modern Science and How This
Influences Their Research
102
Do Marxists See Their Own Research as Scientific
and, If So, in What Sense?
105
Marxists on Science and Politics 109
Marxists on Class and Science 114
Conclusion and Summary 118
5. How Marxists Do Research 121
The Philosophic Marxists Choose Qualitative, Sub-
jective Research Strategies
122
The Deductivists Do Research in Conformity with
Dialectical and Historical Materialism
136
The Structuralists Either Abandon Althusser or Do
Research as an Exclusively Intellectual Activity
143
The Materialists Do Defensible Research 148
Summary 156

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Publication Information: Book Title: When Marxists Do Research. Contributors: Pauline Marie Vaillancourt - author. Publisher: Greenwood Press. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1986. Page Number: viii.
    
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