Metatheory and Family Studies

The lived experience of families of children who are failing to thrive

“…Understanding the everyday experience of families as they are situated in their worlds, their actions and everyday experience, and the concerns important to each family, requires reflection and interpretation (Heidegger 1927/62, Klein & Jurich 1993). This lived experience is not an assessment of an objective reality but a description of the reality as it is articulated by the family members.…”

The great theory hunt: Does e-government really have a problem?

“…Klein and Jurich (1993) argue that it is useful for practitioners to occasionally pause and reflect on the work done in their field. They propose that an inventory of the field should take place.…”

A metatheory of e-government: Creating some order in a fragmented research field

“…Hjorland (1998: 607) indicates that different ontological and epistemological positions form the basis for metatheories in the social sciences. Metatheoretical perspectives have been developed for such diverse disciplines as sociology (Ritzer, 1988), information science (Hjorland, 1998), management science (Tsoukas, 1994) and family studies (Klein & Jurich, 1993). A basic metatheory of e-government is proposed by Heeks and Bailur (2007) who make a distinction between positivist and social constructionist studies.…”