The Sage handbook of action research : participative inquiry and practice / edited by Peter Reason, Hilary Bradbury.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Living Inquiry: Personal, Political and Philosophical Groundings for Action Research Practice / Patricia Gaya Wicks, Peter Reason and Hilary Bradbury -- 2. Particpatory Action Research as Practice / Marja Liisa Swantz -- 3. Some Trends in the Praxis of Participatory Action Research / Md. Anisur Rahman -- 4. Action Research and the Challenge of Scope / Bjorn Gustavsen, Agneta Hansson and Thoralf U. Qvale -- 5. Action Research at Work: Creating the Future Following the Path from Lewin / Hilary Bradbury, Phil Mirvis, Eric Neilsen and William Pasmore -- 6. Continuing the Journey: Articulating Dimensions of Feminist Participatory Research (FPAR) / Colleen Reid and Wendy Frisby -- 7. Towards Transformational Liberation: Particpatory and Action Research and Praxis / M. Brinton Lykes and Amelia Mallona -- 8. Critical theory and Participatory Action Research / Stephen Kemmis -- 9. Systems Thinking and Practice for Action Research / Ray Ison -- 10. Social Construction and Research as Action / Kenneth J. Gergen and Mary M. Gergen -- 11. Power and Knowledge / John Gaventa and Andrea Cornwall -- 12. Appreciable Worlds, Inspired Inquiry / Danielle P. Zandee and David L. Cooperrider -- 13. Ethics and Action Research: Deepening our Commitment to Principles of Social Justice and Redefining Systems of Democratic Practice / Mary Brydon-Miller -- 14. The Future of Universities: Action Research and the Transformation of Higher Education / Morten Levin and Davydd Greenwood -- 15. Action Research, Partnerships and Social Impacts: The Institutional Collaboration of PRIA and IDR / L. David Brown and Rajesli Tandon -- 16. Action Inquiry: Interweaving Multiple Qualities of Attention for Timely Action / William R. Torbert and Steven S. Taylor -- 17. Action Science: Linking Causal Theory and Meaning Making in Action Research / Victor J. Friedman and Tim Rogers -- 18. Clinical Inquiry/Research / Edgar H. Schein -- 19. The Practice of Appreciative Inquiry / James D. Ludema and Ronald E. Fry -- 20. PRA, PLA and Pluralism: Practice and Theory / Robert Chambers -- 21. Action Learning / Mike Pedler and John Burgoyne -- 22. The Jury is Out : How Far Can Participatory Projects Go Towards Reclaiming Democracy? / Tom Wakeford, Jasber Singh, Bano Murtuja, Peter Bryant and Michel Pimbert -- 23. Learning History: An Action Research Practice in Support of Actionable Learning / George Roth and Hilary Bradbury -- 24. Extending Epistemology within a Co-operative Inquiry / Jolin Heron and Peter Reason -- 25. Action Research in Healthcare / Ian Hughes -- 26. Action Research on a Large Scale: Issues and Practices / Ann W. Martin -- 27. Theorizing Audience, Products and Provocation / Michelle Fine and Maria Elena Torre -- 28. Taking the Action Turn: Lessons from Bringing Participation to Qualitative Research / Sonia Ospina, Jennifer Dodge and Erica Gabrielle Foldy Amparo Hofmann-Pinilla -- 29. Charismatic Inquiry in Concert: Action Research in the Realm of 'the Between' / Johu Heron and Gregg Lahood -- 30. Presentational Knowing: Bridging Experience and Expression with Art, Poetry and Song / Jennifer Mullett -- 31. Working with 'Not Knowing' Amid Power Dynamics Among Managers: From Faultfinding and Exclusion Towards Co-learning and Inclusion / Marianne Kristiansen and Jorgen Bloch-Poulsen -- 32. Learning to Love Our Black Selves: Healing from Internalized Oppressions / Taj Johns -- 33. The Tapestry of Leadership: Lessons from Six Cooperative Inquiry Groups of Social Justice Leaders / Lyle Yorks, Arnold Aprill, LaDon James, Anita Rees, Amparo Hoffman-Pinilla and Sonia Ospina -- 34. The Workplace Stress and Aggression Project: Ways of Knowing - Our Rosetta Stone for Practice / Rita Kowalski, Lyle Yorks and Mariann Jelinek -- 35. Theatre in Participatory Action Research: Experiences from Bangladesh / Meghna Guhathakurta -- 36. Changing the Culture of Dependency to Allow for Successful Outcomes in Particpatory Research: Fourteen Years of Experience in Yucatan, Mexico / Maria Teresa Castillo-Burguete, Maria Dolores, Viga de Alva and Federico Dickinson -- 37. Health Promotion and Participatory Action Research: The Significance of Participatory Praxis in Developing Participatory Health Intervention / Lai Fang Chui -- 38. 'This Is So Democratic!!' Action Research and Policy Development in East Timor / Ernie Stringer -- 39. 'No - You Don't Know How We Feel!': Collaborative Inquiry Using Video with Children Facing the Life-threatening Illness of a Parent / Gillian Chowns -- 40. IT and Action Sensemaking: Making Sense of New Technology / Chris Dymek -- 41. Negotiating the Challenges of Participatory Action Research: Relationships, Power, Participation, Change and Credibility / Jill Grant, Geoff Nelson and Terry Mitchell -- 42. Getting in, Getting on, Getting out: On Working with Second-person Inquiry Groups / Kate Louise McArdle -- 43. Facilitation as Action Research in the Moment / Jenny Mackewn -- 44. Muddling Through: Facing the Challenges of Managing a Large-scale Action Research Project / Geoff Mead -- 45. Insider Action Research: The Dynamics of Developing New Capabilities / David Doghlan and A. B. (Rami) Shani -- 46. Teaching Reflective Practice in the Action Science/Action Inquiry Tradition: Key Stages, Concepts and Practices / Steven S. Taylor, Jenny W. Rudolph and Erica Gabrielle Foldy -- 47. The Praxis of Educating Action Researchers / Morten Levin -- 48. Finding Form in Writing for Action Research / Judi Marshall -- 49. Concluding Reflections: Whither Action Research? / Peter Reason and Hilary Bradbury.

This handbook has been updated to bring chapters in line with the latest qualitative and quantitative approaches in this field of social inquiry. Peter Reason and Hilary Bradbury have introduced new part commentaries that draw links between different contributions and show their interrelations.

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