Action Research and Orders of Democracy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6134322 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kenneth J Gergen (0000-0002-2388-879X, Swarthmore College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 39-56 |
| Publication date | 2003-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Action Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1476-7503 • E-ISSN: 1741-2617 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/14767503030011004 |
| OpenAlex | W2082489050 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 30 |
| References cited | 6 |
In this article I lay out several premises of a constructionist orientation to action research, as such inquiry contributes to the unfilled hopes for sustaining value and creating new futures. To facilitate these developments a relational orientation to the creation of meaning is outlined, along with implications for revisioning the very idea of democracy. In this context we consider the contribution of action research to two orders of democracy, the first bringing people together into concerted action and the second necessitated by the fragmenting effects of first order democracy. In each case the contributions of action inquiry to a vocabulary of practice are earmarked. Such a vocabulary is now in but a chrysalis stage, but the long-term potentials are substantial
Action (physics · Action research · Context (archaeology · Democracy · Economics · Epistemology · Futures contract · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Order (exchange · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Vocabulary · Computer Science · History · Information Systems Theories and Implementation · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Philosophy
Acting for Change
Choice and Quality in Action Research Practice
Feeling Valued and Adding Value
Values and beliefs in action research
Bakhtin and The Social
Appreciative and contestatory inquiry in deliberative forums
Towards educational inclusion in a contested society
Looking beyond what's broken
Types of Knowledge, Forms of Practice
Anchors of meaning – helpers of dialogue
Transformative journey to critical scholarship
Repositioned professionals and heterodox
Social Work and Disabled Children's Childhoods
Action research
Things fall apart? Discourses on agency and change in organizations
Why Action Research
Going large scale
Action Research for the Development of Welfare
And they shall be known by their deeds
Pragmatist Philosophy and Action Research
An action research approach to the inclusion of immigrants in work life and local community life
From Consent to Mutual Inquiry
The status of action research in the People’s Republic of China
Towards a Theory of Inclusive Practice
Using pictures and artefacts in a PAR process to disclose new wor(l)ds of entrepreneurship
Co-designing collaboration
Demand-driven elderly care in the Netherlands
Engagement enacted
Reconceptualising the Cyclical Process in Participatory Action Research
Teaching Human Behavior and the Social Environment to Enhance Students' Personal Epistemology
| Unique citing works | 30 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,3 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2026 (24) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 30 |