In this, the third in a series of two-yearly reviews (see also Dick, 2004, and Dick, 2006), I identify some of the action research literature that has appeared in books and edited collections over approximately the past two years. After an overview of the general action research literature I gather together other relevant literature under the following headings: action learning; community-based participatory research; youth work; educational action research; appreciative inquiry; and action science. I conclude the review with a very brief look at action research journals and special issues, other literature of interest, and an attempt to divine present and emergent trends.
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Anderson, G.L., Herr, K.G., & Nihlen, A.S. ( 2007). Studying your own school: An educator’s guide to practitioner action research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
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Anderson, H., Cooperrider, D., Gergen, K., Gergen, M., McNamee, S., Watkins, J.M., & Whitney, D. ( 2008). The appreciative organization (Rev. ed.). Chagrin Falls, OH: Taos Institute.
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Argyris, C. ( 1996). Actionable knowledge: Design causality in the service of consequential theory. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science , 32(4), 390-406.
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Austin, D., & Quinn, E. M. (Eds.). (2007). Engagement, accountability and ethnography in applied practice (Special issue). Practicing Anthropology, 29(3).
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Bailey, K.M. ( 2006). Language teacher supervision: A case-based approach. New York: Cambridge University Press.
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Barber, P. ( 2006). Becoming a practitioner-researcher: A gestalt approach to holistic inquiry. London: Middlesex University Press.
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Bartlett, B., & Piggot-Irvine, E. (2008). Introduction: What is evaluation of action research? In E. Piggot-Irvine & B. Bartlett (Eds.), Evaluating action research (pp. 9-52). Wellington: NZCER Press.
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Baumfield, V., Hall, E., & Wall, K. ( 2008). Action research in the classroom. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
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Berg, A. M., & Eikeland, O. (Eds.). (2008). Action research and organisation theory. Frankfurt: Peter Lang.
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Bond, M.A., & Harrell, S.P. ( 2006). Diversity challenges in community research and action (Special issue). American Journal of Community Psychology , 37(3-4).
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Breen, L., & Darlaston-Jones, D. (2007). Applied research methodologies (Special issue). Australian Community Psychologist, 19(1).
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Bruhn, J.G., & Rebach, H. ( 2007). Sociological practice: Intervention and social change . New York: Springer.
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Bryant, A., & Charmaz, K. (Eds.). (2007). The Sage handbook of grounded theory. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage .
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Buck, J., & Villines, S. ( 2007). We the people: Consenting to a deeper democracy, a guide to sociocratic principles and methods. Washington, DC: Sociocracy.info.
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Bunker, B. B., & Alban, B. T. (Eds.). (2006). The handbook of large group methods: Creating systemic change in organizations and communities. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
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Burns, D. ( 2007). Systemic action research: A strategy for whole system change. Bristol: Policy Press.
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Cahill, C., & Hart, R.A. ( 2006-2007). Pushing the boundaries (Special issues) . Children, Youth and Environments, 16(2), 17(1), 17(2) and 17(3).
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Cammarota, J., & Fine, M. ( 2008b). Youth participatory action research: A pedagogy for transformational resistance. In J. Cammarota & M. Fine (Eds.), Revolutionizing education: Youth participatory action research in motion (pp. 1-11). New York: Routledge.
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Campbell, A., & Groundwater-Smith, S. (Eds.), (2007). An ethical approach to practitioner research: Dealing with issues and dilemmas in action research. London: Routledge.
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Caro-Bruce, C., Flessner, R., Klehr, M., & Zeichner, K. M. (Eds.). (2007). Creating equitable classrooms through action research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
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Cartwright, E., & Allotey, P. (Eds). (2006). Women’s health: New frontiers in advocacy and social justice research. Binghamton, NY: Haworth.
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Christakis, A.N., with Bausch, K.C. ( 2006). How people harness their collective wisdom and power to construct the future in co-laboratories of democracy. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
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Clauset, K.H., Lick, D.W., & Murphy, C.U. ( 2008). Schoolwide action research for professional learning communities: Improving student learning through the whole-faculty study groups approach. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin .
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Clegg, S.R., Hardy, C., Lawrence, T., & Nord, W. ( 2006). The Sage handbook of organization studies (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
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Fine, M. ( 2008). An epilogue of sorts. In J. Cammarota & M. Fine (Eds.), Revolutionizing education: Youth participatory action research in motion (pp. 213-234). New York: Routledge.
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Gottlieb, R. ( 2007). Reinventing Los Angeles: Nature and community in the global city. Cambridge, MA.: MIT Press.
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Greenwood, D.J., & Levin, M. ( 2007). Introduction to action research: Social research for social change (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
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Guijt, I. ( 2007). Negotiated learning: Collaborative monitoring for forest resource management. Washington, DC: Resources for the Future.
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