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Action Research: A History of Bureaucracy

This is a section of the research which I have been doing examining the bureaucratic processes, and the people who action them, in the social systems that govern the lives of many people in contemporary Britain. It is a sociological investigation prompted by the harms witnessed by institutional activity on the financially least advantaged populations.

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  • May 11, 2023
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Action Research: Local Knowledge and Building Dialogue

This is the next installment of my action research project which has been examining the effects of the organisational bureaucracies and administrative systems on the lives of people who have to live in and under support services. Read more…

  • May 7, 2022
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Action Research: Demoralisation Through Down Sourcing

This is the next part of my action research project which has been a long term study of how administrative systems are used to shape people’s lives and allocate resources for sufficiency and support needs in the UK society during the early 21st century… Read more…

  • November 2, 2021
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Action Research: An Existential Phenomenology Method

This is the next part of my action research project which is an exploration of the use of metrics and administrative structures to plan complex areas of life… Read more…

  • February 2, 2020
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Action Research: Existential Phenomenology and Natural Science

This is the next installment of my action research project which examines how people’s lives are represented in bureaucratic paperwork and how the experiences people have can be understood… Read more…

  • October 17, 2019
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Action Research: The History of Action Research

This is the next part of my action research project which I have been using as a meaning making process in my own life as I have been struggling with trying to negotiate how my life is mediated through the worlds of policy, bureaucracy and distant finance.  Read more…

  • July 13, 2019
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Action Research: A Method Reconstructed

This is the next part of my action research project focusing in on the effects and practicalities of outcomes and measurements bureaucracies when they are implemented in care and support processes of people’s lives. Read more…

  • April 9, 2019
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