Additional Readings

Alessandrini, M. (2012). “Non-positivist Approaches to Research in the Third Sector: Empowered Policy-making” International Society for Third Sector Research, ISTR 10th International Conference.

Aliyu, A., Bello, M., Kasim, R. & D. Martin (2014). “Positivist and Non-Positivist Paradigm in Social Science Research: Conflicting Paradigms or Perfect Partners?” Journal of Management and Sustainability.

Babbie, E. (1998). Practice of Social Research, London: Wadsworth. 8th edition.

Nickerson, C. (2022). Positivism in Sociology: Definition, Theory & Examples. Simply Psychology.

Ruffa, C. & M. Evangelista (2021). Searching for a middle ground? A spectrum of views of causality in qualitative research. Italian Political Science Review 51(2), 164-181. doi:10.1017/ipo.2021.10

Sabates, R., Akyeampong, K., Westbrook, J. & F. Hunt (2010). “Background paper prepared for the Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2011. The hidden crisis: Armed conflict and education School Drop out: Patterns, Causes, Changes and Policies”.

Yanow, D. & P. Schwartz-Shea (eds.) (2006). Interpretation and Method: Empirical Research Methods and the Interpretive Turn. London: M.E.Sharpe.