ABSTRACT
This book presents theoretical discussions and practical examples of Action Research from Scandinavia, Latin America and Africa, primarily dealing with how to combine nature conservation and management with local democratic community development, seeing the renewal of Commons as a way to transcend the present dichotomy between these two dimensions.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|82 pages
Action Research and Sustainability
chapter 1|24 pages
Re-Inventing the Commons
How Action Research Can Support the Renewal of Sustainable Communities
chapter 2|21 pages
Action Research for Emancipation
Social-Ecological Relations, Commoning and Basic Conceptual Questions
chapter 3|31 pages
Critical Utopian Action Research
The Potentials of Action Research in the Democratisation of Society
part Two|157 pages
Citizens' Initiatives, Hopes and Difficulties
chapter 4|26 pages
Citizens, Values and Experts
Stakeholders and the Inveigling Factor of Participatory Democracy
chapter 5|28 pages
Bridging Divides Through Spaces
Action Research for Cultivating the Commons in Human-Inhabited Protected Areas in Nicaragua and Mozambique
chapter 6|23 pages
Openings and Closures of the Environmental Planning Horizon
Participatory Experiences From Norway
chapter 8|33 pages
Citizens' Initiatives for Democratic Nature Management and Community Development
Reflecting on Danish Experiences
chapter 9|14 pages
A Common Sense of Responsibility
Reflecting on Experiences of Commoning Among Citizens and Scientists in London
