Fracture : adventures of a broken body

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The work Fracture : adventures of a broken body represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Fracture : adventures of a broken body

Title remainder

adventures of a broken body

Statement of responsibility

Ann Oakley

Creator

• Oakley, Ann
• Oakley, Ann

Subject

• Health -- Philosophy
• Health -- Social aspects
• Health | Philosophy
• Health | Social aspects
• Medical jurisprudence
• Medicine -- History
• Medicine | History
• Social medicine
• Accident victims
• Fractures

Language

eng

Summary

"Systemic Action Research" works with real social and organisational issues to uncover their complex dynamics, often revealing unexpected opportunities. This book shows how this process can be integrated, in any context, to the process of social and organisational development and change. The book explains how systemic thinking works and how Systemic Action Research can be embedded into organisational structures and processes to catalyse sustainable change and critical local interventions. Practically written, it details how to design a programme and build it directly into policy and practice development, extending the possibilities of action research beyond the 'individual' and the 'group' to work across whole organisations, multi agency governance arenas, and networks. The book is filled with illustrative stories and pictures which bring the concepts to life enabling the reader to develop a clear picture of how to put it into practice. Systemic Action Research programmes are now being adopted in Government and local governance contexts as well as in national and international NGOs. This book will be invaluable for experienced action researchers as well as social science and social policy researchers who will benefit from an approach to qualitative research which is participative, grounded in practice and allows systemic understandings of complex problems. Policy makers and practitioners will appreciate a process which generates meaningful evidence about the dynamics of change and offers a tangible system for continuously integrating that learning into both formal and informal decision-making

Cataloging source

UtOrBLW

Dewey number

306.461

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

RA418

LC item number

.O15 2007

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography