Emancipation or workability?: Critical versus pragmatic scientific orientation in action research

Action Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-115

  Johansson, Anders W ^a   Lindhult, Erik ^a  

^a MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

critical orientation; critical theory; dialogue; emancipation; pragmatic orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749137436     PISSN: 14767503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476750307083713     Document Type: Article

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