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The analysis is conducted drawing on the stratified ontology adopted in critical realism. It is argued that contributors developing or criticising Marshall placed their emphasis on different aspects, which can be fruitfully identified in terms of the critical realist stratified ontology, depending both on their analytical purposes and strategic intentions when engaging in academic debate. 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