Change is central to critical realism yet there has been little theoretical explication on the temporal dimension. It is shown that this oversight results in Archer’s morphogenetic approach employing an ontological dualism of cyclical and linear temporalities similar to that contained within Giddens’ structuration theory. Consequently, neither Archer nor Giddens is able to explain change and th...

A variety of theories in the social science, as profound as they may seem, cannot break away from “either-or” dualism. In which, many of them assume dualistic substantialisms in terms of the dichotomies like: methodological individualism vs. methodological collectivism; positivistic sociology vs. intepretivist sociology; agency vs. structure, and so on. In addition to that, there is also anothe...

This paper analyses US payroll share and components across states for the period 1977–2017. Findings include that spatial clustering in shares decreased until year 2000. States are clustered low high productivity groups. We relate this phenomenon to dualism. High labour featured early on, but now feature shares. label decoupling of from real wages. A Divisia Decomposition documents Rust Belt do...

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