| Description |
1 online resource (252 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge advances in research methods ; 17 |
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Routledge advances in research methods ; 17.
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| Contents |
Editors' Introduction: Why Action Research for Democracy? -- 1. Interactive Research: A Joint Learning Process with the Unions -- 2. Design as a Democratic Process-and Implications for Innovation -- 3. Democratising Innovation Policy with Gender-Scientific Participatory Research -- 4. Empowering Dialogues: A Way to Democratise Knowledge Production? -- 5. New Forms of Public Participation: The Festival of Difference as Action Research on the Road to a More Inclusive Labour Market -- 6. Redefining Democratic Welfare-Openings and Future Orientations: Action Research in Danish Day Care Centres -- 7. Action Research with Teachers: Action and Critique in a Project on Multicultural Education -- 8. Educational Action Research and the Development of Professional Teacher Knowledge -- 9. Can Action Research Strengthen Democratic Dimensions in Gender Mainstreaming Processes? -- 10. Organising Research Institutions Through Action Research -- 11. Towards Democratic Scientific Inquiry? Participatory Democracy, Philosophy of Science and the Future of Action Research -- 12. Artistic Sense in Action Research |
| Summary |
"Contemporary society encounters profound economical, socio-ecological and political crises challenging the democratic foundation of our societies. This book addresses the potentials and challenges for Action Research supporting democratic alternatives. It offers a broad spectrum of examples from Scandinavian Action Research showing different openings towards democratic development. The book's first part contributes with a wide range of examples such as Action Research in relation to the Triple Helix/Mode II contexts, to design as a democratic process, to renewal of welfare work and public institutions, to innovation policies combining Action Research with gender science. In the second part of the book epistemological and ontological dimensions of Action Research are discussed addressing questions of validity criteria related to Action Research, the transformation of knowledge institutions and the specific character of creativity in Action Research. The book offers a basis for theoretical as well as practical oriented discussions and critical reflections within the field of Action Research and related research orientations, involving a wide range of actors"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Democracy -- Scandinavia
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Action research -- Scandinavia
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Political participation -- Scandinavia
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Action research
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Democracy
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Political participation
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Scandinavia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gunnarsson, Ewa, 1944- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781315659909 |
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1315659905 |
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9781317335450 |
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1317335457 |
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9781317335436 |
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1317335430 |
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9781317335443 |
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1317335449 |
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9781138493247 |
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1138493244 |
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