https://ukr-socium.org.ua/archives/no-1-84-2023/

The article focuses on the issue of highlighting approaches being tested in contemporary migration studies to demonstrate their limits – conceptual, methodological, and methodical as analytical tools. three most popular research perspectives, namely positivism, relativism, critical realism, are taken a basis. author substantiates idea that approach accumulates much broader context than just instrumental one, which correlates realization an exclusively function. Since by choosing one forms analytics, scholars outline ontological epistemological framework methodology study migration. Based key provisions (principles) each approach, characterizes them general scientific specialized tools (for scholars) identifies different nature shortcomings opportunities for applying obtained results. A particular focus is demonstrating examples works test these approaches. It argued positivism relativism monofactorial, less more superficial (flatness) compared characterized stratified methodological pluralism, judgment rationality. shown reasons popularity positivist relativist types thinking possibility simplifying political issues knowledge about legitimize certain beliefs actions, hand, deep internal hierarchization, provides flexibility improvement, other. Finally, emphasizes prospects further focusing (revision under necessities present), philosophical (rethinking practical components balancing them) (the need higher representativeness conducted within realism) dimensions issues.