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Patti Lather (1993)
FERTILE OBSESSION: Validity After PoststructuralismSociological Quarterly, 34
Peter Reason
With Dialogue Gustavsen’s Article Bjørn Gustavsen some of the set out amplifies Bjorn principles by previous authors and shows how can be in action research in they applied practical His contribution work three others, organizations. explores, among major the of size How can we issues: interventions to (i.e., question design inquiry have a the achievement of and the significant impact?), practical objectives, of effective democratic development dialogue. with the of the critical mass of His concern interventions echoes question that we will if Heron’s admonition learn more we the John place practical to rather first-to work than create actually change organizations experi- ments that we will have a wider influence later. It also reminds us of hope of rhizomatic that Patti Lather’s notion a criterion of (Lather, 1993): validity is that ideas and are so that quality changes designed they self-propagate elsewhere. And his concern with the and the links practical pragmatic with Tom Schwandt’s that we must move formal strongly arguments beyond criteria of to a more validity practical reasoning. Because Gustavsen’s focus here is on the he that one practical, proposes criterion for the of the action research is whether or not judging quality were achieved. But
Qualitative Inquiry – SAGE
Published: Mar 1, 1996
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