Why Action Research?

Action Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-28

  Brydon Miller, Mary ^a   Greenwood, Davydd ^b   Maguire, Patricia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c WESTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

action research; biography; commitment; ethics morality; social change

Indexed keywords

EID: 11844274063     PISSN: 14767503     EISSN: 17412617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14767503030011002     Document Type: Editorial

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