The Practice of Systemic Action Research

Supporting and Evaluating Large Scale Social Change
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-4473-7319-3
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

This book introduces Systemic Action Research (SAR) – a participatory methodology designed to transform “hard to shift” system dynamics. Featuring rich case studies, this is an invaluable guide for those committed to enabling large-scale social transformation and tackling complex crises.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burns, Danny

Apgar, Marina

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Systemic Action Research: Review and Evolution of the Methodology

1. What is Systemic Action Research?

2. Systems Thinking and Complexity Theory and Their Implications for ‘Intervention’ Design

3. Designing Systemic Action Research Programmes

Part 2: Detailed Cases of Systemic Action Research

4. The CLARISSA SAR Programme on Worst Forms of Child Labour in Bangladesh and Nepal

5. The ‘Vestibue de la Plaix’ SAR Peace Building Programme in Mali

Part 3: Learning from the Implementation of Systemic Action Research Processes

6. Power and Ethics in Action Research

7. Documentation and Evaluation of SAR Processes

8. Conditions Necessary for SAR

Über Autor(innen)

Burns, Danny
Danny Burns is Professor of Social and Organisational Learning at the University of the West of England.

Danny Burns is Professor at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, and Director of the CLARISSA Action Research Programme.

Marina Apgar is Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, and Deputy Director of the CLARISSA Action Research Programme.