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Action Research strategies at the 'third place'

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  • Johnsen, Hans Chr. Garmann
  • Knudsen, Jon P.
  • Normann, Roger

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This article discusses action research strategies in regional development. It argues that regional settings are complex, and conceptualises this as the “third place”. This complexity implies a democratic challenge. Furthermore, using regional leadership as a case, it argues that in order to approach this as action researchers, one needs to discuss the assumptions the research is based on. The article discusses two action research approaches: the socio-technical approach and the democratic dialogue approach, and argues that in the complex setting of the “third place”, and at a pragmatic level, one might use insights from the two approaches. The argument for this is that regional development in practical terms both implies functional and structural challenges, but is also a matter of meaning construction. We discuss this as sequential governance.

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  • Johnsen, Hans Chr. Garmann & Knudsen, Jon P. & Normann, Roger, 2014. "Action Research strategies at the 'third place'," International Journal of Action Research, Rainer Hampp Verlag, vol. 10(2), pages 235-257.
  • Handle: RePEc:rai:ijares:ijar-2014-02-johnsen
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    1. James Karlsen & Miren Larrea, 2017. "Moving context from the background to the forefront of policy learning: Reflections on a case in Gipuzkoa, Basque Country," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 35(4), pages 721-736, June.

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    Keywords

    action research; third place; democracy; regional leadership; socio-technical; democratic dialogue; sequential governance;
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    JEL classification:

    • A11 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Role of Economics; Role of Economists
    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • O20 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - General
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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