Initiating action research: Challenges and paradoxes of opening communicative space

Action Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 243-262

  Wicks, Patricia Gayá ^a   Reason, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communicative space; Early stages; Establishing action research; Habermas; Paradox

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349466588     PISSN: 14767503     EISSN: 17412617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476750309336715     Document Type: Editorial

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