Research and social change : a relational constructionist approach

This book bridges scholarly forms of inquiry and practitioners' daily activities. It introduces inquiry as a process of relational construction, offering resources to practitioners who want to reflect on how their work generates practical effects. There are hundreds of books on research, but in...

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Main Authors: McNamee, Sheila (Author), Hosking, Dian Marie , 1949- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge , c2012
Series:Routledge advances in research methods 4
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Online Access:Contributor biographical information

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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-131) and index 
505 0 |a 1. Inquiry possibilities -- 2. Meta-theories and discourses of construction -- 3. Our community: relational constructionism -- 4. Inquiry as engaged unfolding -- 5. Transforming inquiries : enlarging possible worlds -- 6. Valuing and e/valuation -- 7. Quality: reflexivity, dialogue and relational aesth-et(h)ics or so what? 
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