Title Action research in policy analysis : critical and relational approaches to sustainability transitions / edited by Koen P.R. Bartels and Julia M. Wittmayer

Published New York : Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2018

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Description 1 online resource Series Routledge advances in research methods Routledge advances in research methods. Contents Introduction : action research in policy analysis and transition research / Koen P.R. Bartels and Julia M. Wittmayer -- Both critical and applied? : action research and transformative change in the UK water sector / Emma Westling and Liz Sharp -- Co-inquirer reflection / Chris Digman -- Cooperative research for bottom-up food sovereignty and policy change / Bálint Balázs and György Pataki -- Co-inquirer reflection / Csilla Kiss and Borbála Sarbu-Simonyi -- Transition scientivism : on activist gardening and co-producing transition knowledge "from below" / Shivant Jhagroe -- Co-inquirer reflection / Rutger Henneman -- Cultivating "sanction and sanctuary" in Scottish collaborative governance : doing relational work to support communicative spaces / James Henderson and Claire Bynner -- Co-inquirer reflection / Alison McPherson -- Negotiating space for mild interventions : action research on the brink between social movements and government policy in Flanders / Erik Paredis and Thomas Block -- Co-inquirer reflection / Dirk Barrez -- Soft resistance : balancing relationality and criticality to institutionalise action research for territorial development / Ainhoa Arrona and Miren Larrea -- Co-inquirer reflection / Ander Arzelus -- Lipstick on a pig? : appreciative inquiry in a context of austerity / Alison Gardner -- Co-inquirer reflection / Liz Jones -- Getting unstuck : the reconstruction clinic as pragmatic intervention in controversial policy disputes / Martien Kuitenbrouwer -- Co-inquirer reflection / Karima Arichi -- Exploring the use of audiovisual media for deliberation : reframing discourses on vulnerabilities to climate change in Nepal / Floriane Clement -- Co-inquirer reflection / Damakant Jayshi -- Really imagined : policy novels as a mode of action research / Sonja van der Arend -- Co-inquirer reflection / Martine de Vaan -- Conclusion : critical and relational action research for policy change and sustainability transitions / Koen P.R. Bartels and Julia M. Wittmayer Summary "Todays pressing political, social, economic, and environmental crises urgently ask for effective policy responses and fundamental transitions towards sustainability supported by a sound knowledge base and developed in collaboration between all stakeholders. This book explores how action research forms a valuable methodology for producing such collaborative knowledge and action. It outlines the recent uptake of action research in policy analysis and transition research and develops a distinct and novel approach that is both critical and relational. By sharing action research experiences in a variety of settings, the book seeks to explicate ambitions, challenges, and practices involved with fostering policy changes and sustainability transitions. As such it provides crucial guidance and encouragement for future action research in policy analysis and transition research. This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of policy analysis and transition research and more broadly to public administration and policy, urban and regional studies, political science, research and innovation, sustainability science, and science and technology studies. It will also speak to practitioners, policymakers and philanthropic funders aiming to engage in or fund action research."--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on print version record Subject Action research. Policy sciences -- Research -- Methodology Social change -- Research -- Methodology POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference. Policy sciences -- Research -- Methodology Action research Policy sciences Political science -- Research -- Methodology Public administration -- Management Public administration -- Research -- Methodology Social policy Social policy -- Research -- Methodology Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology Form Electronic book Author Bartels, Koen P. R., editor Wittmayer, Julia M., editor LC no. 2020691649 ISBN 9781315148724 1315148722 9781351372633 1351372637 9781351372640 1351372645 9781351372626 1351372629

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