ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a theoretical framing for the critical reflexive approach presented in this book. The critical reflexive approach is not a step-by-step research guide. Rather, it is an assemblage of established theoretical and methodological approaches used together to build reflexivity into the research design with the intention of deepening the theoretical insights into the topics we study. The first part of the chapter introduces the epistemological assumptions of the book and describes the collection of theoretical and philosophical approaches that underpin it. The second provides a critical introduction to the research methods, processes, and tools used in this study to interview men about paying for sex in South Africa.
