Action Research for Democracy (eBook, ePUB)

New Ideas and Perspectives from Scandinavia
Redaktion: Gunnarsson, Ewa; Sriskandarajah, Nadarajah; Nielsen, Birger Steen; Hansen, Hans Peter

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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, and provides 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317335443
• Artikelnr.: 43976463

Autorenporträt

Ewa Gunnarsson is Professor Em. at Luleå University of Technology. Hans Peter Hansen is Assistant Professor at the Department of Urban and Rural Development at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and is a member of the division of Environmental Communication. Birger Steen Nielsen is Professor at the Department of Psychology and Educational Studies, Roskilde University, Denmark. Nadarajah Sriskandarajah is Professor of Environmental Communication within the Department of Urban and Rural Development at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in Uppsala.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Editors' Introduction: Why Action Research for Democracy? Part
One: Renewal of Working Life and Welfare Institutions Through
Democratisation. Openings by Action Research and Interactive Research
Introduction to Part One 1. Interactive Research: A Joint Learning Process
with the Unions Maria Bennich, Lennart Svensson and Göran Brulin 2. Design
as Democratic Process - and Implications for Innovation Bo Westerlund and
Yngve Sundblad 3. Democratising Innovation Policy by Gender Scientific
Participatory Research Malin Lindberg 4. Empowering Dialogues: A Way to
Democratise Knowledge Production? Ann-Christine Larsson and Sofia Nordmark
5. New Forms of Public Participation: The Festival of Difference as Action
Research on the Road to a More Inclusive Labour Market Ditte Tofteng and
Mia Husted 6. Redefining Democratic Welfare - Openings and Future
Orientations: Action Research in Danish Day Care Centres Annegrethe
Ahrenkiel 7. Action Research with Teachers: Action and Critique in a
Project on Multicultural Education Signe Hvid Thingstrup 8. Educational
Action Research and the Development of Professional Teacher Knowledge
Hilde Hiim Part Two: Action Research: Rethinking the Societal Role of
Science: Democratisation, Sustainability and Historical Experience
Introduction to Part Two 9. Can Action Research Strengthen Democratic
Dimensions in Gender Mainstreaming Processes? Ewa Gunnarsson 10. Organising
Research Institutions Through Action Research Jonas Egmose 11. Towards
Democratic Scientific Inquiry?: Participatory Democracy, Philosophy of
Science and the Future of Action Research Erik Lindhult 12. Artistic Sense
in Action Research Birger Steen Nielsen and Kurt Aagaard Nielsen
Postscript.