Introduction to Groundings / Peter Reason, Hilary Bradbury 11 --
1 Living Inquiry: Personal, Political and Philosophical Groundings for Action Research Practice / Patricia Gaya Wicks, Peter Reason, Hilary Bradbury 15 --
2 Participatory Action Research as Practice / Marja Liisa Swantz 31 --
3 Some Trends in the Praxis of Participatory Action Research / Md. Anisur Rahman 49 --
4 Action Research and the Challenge of Scope / Bjorn Gustavsen, Agneta Hansson, Thoralf U. Qvale 63 --
5 Action Research at Work: Creating the Future Following the Path from Lewin / Hilary Bradbury, Phil Mirvis, Eric Neilsen, William Pasmore 77 --
6 Continuing the Journey: Articulating Dimensions of Feminist Participatory Research (FPAR) / Colleen Reid, Wendy Frisby 93 --
7 Towards Transformational Liberation: Participatory and Action Research and Praxis / M. Brinton Lykes, Amelia Mallona 106 --
8 Critical Theory and Participatory Action Research / Stephen Kemmis 121 --
9 Systems Thinking and Practice for Action Research / Ray Ison 139 --
10 Social Construction and Research as Action / Kenneth J. Gergen, Mary M. Gergen 159 --
11 Power and Knowledge / John Gaventa, Andrea Cornwall 172 --
12 Appreciable Worlds, Inspired Inquiry / Danielle P. Zandee, David L. Cooperrider 190 --
13 Ethics and Action Research: Deepening our Commitment to Principles of Social Justice and Redefining Systems of Democratic Practice / Mary Brydon-Miller 199 --
14 Future of Universities: Action Research and the Transformation of Higher Education / Morten Levin, Davydd Greenwood 211 --
15 Action Research, Partnerships and Social Impacts: The Institutional Collaboration of PRIA and IDR / L. David Brown, Rajesh Tandon 227 --
Introduction to Practices / Peter Reason, Hilary Bradbury 235 --
16 Action Inquiry: Interweaving Multiple Qualities of Attention for Timely Action / William R. Torbert, Steven S. Taylor 239 --
17 Action Science: Linking Causal Theory and Meaning Making in Action Research / Victor J. Friedman, Tim Rogers 252 --
18 Clinical Inquiry/Research / Edgar H. Schein 266 --
19 Practice of Appreciative Inquiry / James D. Ludema, Ronald E. Fry 280 --
20 PRA, PLA and Pluralism: Practice and Theory / Robert Chambers 297 --
21 Action Learning / Mike Pedler, John Burgoyne 319 --
22 Jury is Out: How Far Can Participatory Projects Go Towards Reclaiming Democracy? / Tom Wakeford, Jasber Singh, Bano Murtuja, Peter Bryant, Michel Pimbert 333 --
23 Learning History: An Action Research Practice in Support of Actionable Learning / George Roth, Hilary Bradbury 350 --
24 Extending Epistemology within a Co-operative Inquiry / John Heron, Peter Reason 366 --
25 Action Research in Healthcare / Ian Hughes 381 --
26 Action Research on a Large Scale: Issues and Practices / Ann W. Martin 394 --
27 Theorizing Audience, Products and Provocation / Michelle Fine, Maria Elena Torre 407 --
28 Taking the Action Turn: Lessons from Bringing Participation to Qualitative Research / Sonia Ospina, Jennifer Dodge, Erica Gabrielle Foldy, Amparo Hofmann-Pinilla 420 --
Introduction to Exemplars: Varieties of Action Research / Hilary Bradbury, Peter Reason 435 --
29 Charismatic Inquiry in Concert: Action Research in the Realm of 'the Between' / John Heron, Gregg Lahood 439 --
30 Presentational Knowing: Bridging Experience and Expression with Art, Poetry and Song / Jennifer Mullett 450 --
31 Working with 'Not Knowing' Amid Power Dynamics Among Managers: From Faultfinding and Exclusion Towards Co-learning and Inclusion / Marianne Kristiansen, Jorgen Bloch-Poulsen 463 --
32 Learning to Love Our Black Selves: Healing from Internalized Oppressions / Taj Johns 473 --
33 Tapestry of Leadership: Lessons from Six Cooperative-Inquiry Groups of Social Justice Leaders / Lyle Yorks, Arnold Aprill, LaDon James, Anita Rees, Amparo Hoffman-Pinilla, Sonia Ospina 487 --
34 Workplace Stress and Aggression Project: Ways of Knowing - Our Rosetta Stone for Practice / Rita Kowalski, Lyle Yorks, Mariann Jelinek 497 --
35 Theatre in Participatory Action Research: Experiences from Bangladesh / Meghna Guhathakurta 510 --
36 Changing the Culture of Dependency to Allow for Successful Outcomes in Particpatory Research: Fourteen Years of Experience in Yucatan, Mexico / Maria Teresa Castillo-Burguete, Maria Dolores Viga de Alva, Federico Dickinson 522 --
37 Health Promotion and Participatory Action Research: The Significance of Participatory Praxis in Developing Participatory Health Intervention / Lai Fong Chui 534 --
38 'This Is So Democratic!!' Action Research and Policy Development in East Timor / Ernie Stringer 550 --
39 'No - You Don't Know How We Feel!': Collaborative Inquiry Using Video with Children Facing the Life-threatening Illness of a Parent / Gillian Chowns 562 --
40 IT and Action Sensemaking: Making Sense of New Technology / Chris Dymek 573 --
Introduction to Skills / Peter Reason, Hilary Bradbury --
41 Negotiating the Challenges of Participatory Action Research: Relationships, Power, Participation, Change and Credibility / Jill Grant, Geoff Nelson, Terry Mitchell 589 --
42 Getting in, Getting on, Getting out: On Working with Second-person Inquiry Groups / Kate Louise McArdle 602 --
43 Facilitation as Action Research in the Moment / Jenny Mackewn 615 --
44 Muddling Through: Facing the Challenges of Managing a Large-scale Action Research Project / Geoff Mead 629 --
45 Insider Action Research: The Dynamics of Developing New Capabilities / David Coghlan, A.B. (Rami) Shani 643 --
46 Teaching Reflective Practice in the Action Science/Action Inquiry Tradition: Key Stages, Concepts and Practices / Steven S. Taylor, Jenny W. Rudolph, Erica Gabrielle Foldy 656 --
47 Praxis of Educating Action Researchers / Morten Levin 669 --
48 Finding Form in Writing for Action Research / Judi Marshall 682 --
49 Concluding Reflections: Whither Action Research? / Peter Reason, Hilary Bradbury 695.
