Human Inquiry in Action: Developments in New Paradigm Research - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803980892 ISBN 13: 9780803980891

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1988

Synopsis

An important practical sourcebook for new ways of undertaking research, this volume presents both an up-to-date assessment of the state of theoretical and methodological debates in collaborative human research and a summary of projects undertaken using collaborative methodologies. It addresses some of the difficulties involved with the collaborative approach: when the researcher is no longer separated from the researched, questions about how to collaborate and how to manage power relations become important. When people are inquiring into their personal experience, questions of subjectivity and validity are raised. These methodological problems are addressed in the first half of the book, while the remainder resolves them in research contexts.

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About the Author

I retired in 2009 from an academic career at the University of Bath in which my primary contribution was to the theory and practice of participatory action research. I was Director of the Centre for Action Research in Professional Practice (CARPP) and co-founder of the MSc in Responsibility and Business Practice. In these programmes we pioneered graduate education based on collaborative, experiential and action-oriented forms of inquiry.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803980892
• ISBN 13: 9780803980891
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Reason Peter