Participatory Activist Research in the Globalised World

Introduction.- SECTION A: THE BIGGER PICTURE.- Pasts, presents and futures: An overview of the Action Research family.- Theoretical orientations: critical theory and related theories for activism.- Where do you stand? Philosophical orientations.- SECTION B: DOING THIS STUFF.- Methodology of activism in research.- Methods of constructing field texts.- Methods of analysing field texts to make research texts.- SECTION C: GOING PUBLIC.- Difficulties, limitations and cautions.- A checklist for activist research(ers).- A practical example: Don't LEAP into this.- Other examples from professional fields.- Presenting your research for an audience.- Conclusion.- Index.