Handbook of action research : the concise paperback edition

Reason, Peter. (Added Author). Bradbury, Hilary. (Added Author).

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ISBN: 1412920302 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9781412920308 (pbk.)
Physical Description: xxxii, 362 p. : ill ; 25 cm.
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Publisher: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2006.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction : inquiry and participation in search of a world worthy of human aspiration / Peter Reason and Hilary Bradbury -- 1. Theory and practice : the mediating discourse / Bjorn Gustavsen -- 2. Participatory (action) research in social theory : origins and challenges / Orlando Fals Borda -- 3. Action research in the workplace : the socio-technical perspective / William Pasmore -- 4. Infusing race into the US discourse on action research / Ella Edmondson Bell -- 5. Uneven ground : feminisms and action research / Patricia Maguire -- 6. Power and knowledge / John Gaventa and Andrea Cornwall -- 7. Knowledge and participatory research / Peter Park -- 8. Exploring the relevance of critical theory for action research : emancipatory action research in the footsteps of Jurgen Habermas / Stephen Kemmis -- 9. The humanistic approach to action research / John Rowan -- 10. The relationship of 'systems thinking' to action research / Robert Louis Flood -- 11. Action science : creating communities of inquiry in communities of practice / Victor J. Friedman -- 12. The practice of co-operative inquiry : research 'with' rather than 'on' people / John Heron and Peter Reason -- 13. Appreciative inquiry : the power of the unconditional positive question / James D. Ludema, David L. Cooperrider and Frank J. Barrett -- 14. Large-group processes as action research / Ann W. Martin -- 15. Ethnodrama : constructing participatory, experiential and compelling action research through performance / Jim Mienczakowski and Stephen Morgan -- 16. Clinical inquiry/research / Edgar H. Schein -- 17. Community action research : learning as a community of practitioners, consultants and researchers / Peter M. Senge and Claus Otto Scharmer -- 18. The practice of action inquiry / William R. Torbert -- 19. Working together, learning together : co-operative inquiry in the development of complex practice by teams of social workers / Mark Baldwin -- 20. The early mothering project : what happened when the words 'action research' came to life for a group of midwives / Penelope A. Barrett -- 21. Learning with the Natural Step : action research to promote conversations for sustainable development / Hilary Bradbury -- 22. Transforming lives : towards bicultural competence / Gloria Bravette Gordon -- 23. Action research to develop an interorganizational network / Rupert F. Chisholm -- 24. Participatory research and education for social change : Highlander Research and Education Center / Helen Matthews Lewis -- 25. Creative arts and photography in participatory action research in Guatemala / M. Brinton Lykes -- 26. The art of clinical inquiry in information technology-related change / Joe McDonagh and David Coghlan -- 27. Participatory action research in Southern Tanzania, with special reference to women / Marja-Liisa Swantz, Elizabeth Ndedya and Mwajuma Saiddy Masaiganah -- 28. Six street youth who could ... / Elizabeth Whitmore and Colette McKee -- 29. Collaborative off-line reflection : a way to develop skill in action science and action inquiry / Jenny W. Rudolph, Steven S. Taylor and Erica Gabrielle Foldy -- 30. On working with graduate research students / Peter Reason and Judi Marshall -- 31. The mirror, the magnifying glass, the compass and the map : facilitating participatory action research / Yoland Wadsworth -- 32. Self-reflective inquiry practices / Judi Marshall -- Conclusion : broadening the bandwidth of validity : issues and choice-points for improving the quality of action research / Hilary Bradbury and Peter Reason.