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Action research for democracy : new ideas and perspectives from Scandinavia /

Contributor(s): Gunnarsson, Ewa, 1944- [editor.].
Series: Routledge advances in research methods: 17.Publisher: London : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2016Description: xii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | computer Carrier type: volume | online resourceISBN: 9781315659909; 9781315659909:; 1315659905; 9781317335450; 1317335457; 9781317335436; 1317335430; 9781317335443; 1317335449; 9781138493247; 1138493244.Subject(s): Democracy -- Scandinavia | Action research -- Scandinavia | Political participation -- ScandinaviaDDC classification: 320.6072
Contents:
Editors' introduction : why action research for democracy? -- Interactive research : a joint learning process with the Unions / Maria Bennich, Lennart Svensson and Goran Brulin -- Design as a democratic process and implications for innovation / Bo Westerlund and Yngve Sunblad -- Democratising innovation policy with gender-scientific participatory research / Malin Lindberg -- Empowering dialogues : a way to democratise knowledge production? / Ann-Christine Larsson and Sofia Nordmark -- 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 -- Redefining democratic welfare-openings and future orientations : action research in Danish day care centres / Anngrethe Ahrenkiel -- Action research with teachers : action and critique in a project on multicultural education / Signe Hvid Thingsrup -- Educational action research and the development of professional teacher knowledge / Hilde Him -- Can action research strengthen democratic dimensions in gender mainstreaming processes? / Ewa Gunnarsson -- Organising research institutions through action research / Jonas Egmose -- Towards democratic scientific inquiry? Participatory democracy, philosophy of science and the future of action research / Erik Lindhult -- Artistic sense in action research / Birger Steen Nielsen and Kurt Aagaard Nielsen -- Postscript.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Editors' introduction : why action research for democracy? -- Interactive research : a joint learning process with the Unions / Maria Bennich, Lennart Svensson and Goran Brulin -- Design as a democratic process and implications for innovation / Bo Westerlund and Yngve Sunblad -- Democratising innovation policy with gender-scientific participatory research / Malin Lindberg -- Empowering dialogues : a way to democratise knowledge production? / Ann-Christine Larsson and Sofia Nordmark -- 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 -- Redefining democratic welfare-openings and future orientations : action research in Danish day care centres / Anngrethe Ahrenkiel -- Action research with teachers : action and critique in a project on multicultural education / Signe Hvid Thingsrup -- Educational action research and the development of professional teacher knowledge / Hilde Him -- Can action research strengthen democratic dimensions in gender mainstreaming processes? / Ewa Gunnarsson -- Organising research institutions through action research / Jonas Egmose -- Towards democratic scientific inquiry? Participatory democracy, philosophy of science and the future of action research / Erik Lindhult -- Artistic sense in action research / Birger Steen Nielsen and Kurt Aagaard Nielsen -- Postscript.

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.

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