Action research for democracy – a Scandinavian approach

Øyvind Pålshaugen

International Journal of Action Research, 2014, vol. 10, issue 1, 98-115

Abstract: Many proponents of action research for democracy seem to presuppose that to anchor action research in democratic ideals is a sufficient base for action researchers to legitimate their democratic purposes and intentions. This article starts out from the presupposition that anchoring action research in democratic ideals is in fact idealism, and argues the case that action research for democracy has to be anchored in some democratic institution of society to have a real legitimacy base for engaging in co-operation with others on democratic development. From this point of departure, a Scandinavian approach for democracy that aims at impact on society as well as social science is presented. The article presents just selected aspects of this tradition. The presentation is based on the presumption that some of the aspects, that seem to be relevant only within a Scandinavian context, may in fact have general relevance for any other approach of action research for democracy.

Keywords: democratic procedures; discourse democracy; democratic dialogue; dialogue conference; development organization; linguistic simulation; scientific publication; Scandinavia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L20 L21 L26 N44 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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