Tomas Marttila is Researcher in Sociological Theory at the Department of Sociology, University of Bamberg, Germany. His main research interests include empirical discourse analysis, methods of empirical social research, theories of science, economic sociology and sociology of education. He is the author of The Culture of Enterprise in Neoliberalism: The Specters of Entrepreneurship (2013).

• 1. Introduction 2. Post-Foundational Ontology 3. The Order of Discourse 4. Discursive Subject Roles 5. Constrained Constructivism 6. Methodical and Analytical Framework 7. Critical Potential of Discourse Analysis 8. Exemplary Research Designs

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