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16. Conclusion: Potential for Transformative Research to Address Risks

Authors : Janet McIntyre-Mills, Norma R. A. Romm

Published in: Democracy and Governance for Resourcing the Commons

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Intersectional interventions are needed to match and address the needs of the marginalised in social life. Our focus is on the voiceless as they become displaced and vulnerable as a result of losing habitat or homes. We begin with some deliberations by Janet in which she summarises her conceptual background to this argument and then explains the importance of practising research to address social and ecological justice. This is followed by her creation of a hypothetical vignette which serves to illustrate options for systemic intervention. We conclude the paper and draw together key points made in the book. Norma engages with Janet’s vignette and explanation of ways to expand pragmatism by thinking through the consequences of our choices. A key message for the conclusion and the two volume series is the importance of combining approaches in response to areas of concern. Norma suggests ways of ‘stretching’ different paradigmatic/philosophical bases for doing research responsibly to address complex issues, including ways of practising multiple and mixed methods research that focus on a transformative agenda.

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Footnotes
1
Susan Casey’s 2015 ‘Voices in the Ocean’ Random House. New York.
 
2
Rincon, P. Neanderthals were capable of making art http://​www.​bbc.​com/​news/​science-environment-43115488 $$ is Rincon, P and author writing on a date—give the date and also put in the ref list http://​www.​bbc.​com/​news/​science-environment-43115488 accessed 27 February 2018.
 
4
Wicked problems are complex (Flood and Carson 1993) and, drawing on Rittel and Webber (1984), can be defined as comprising many interrelated variables that are perceived differently by different stakeholders and that need to be addressed critically and systemically within context (McIntyre-Mills 2014, 2017).
 
5
The distinction between multiple and mixed approaches is laid out by Hesse-Biber and Griffin (2015). They explain that multiple approaches imply using similar kinds of data measurement (such as quantitative or qualitative), while mixed approaches imply using different kinds (e.g. quantitative mixed with qualitative).
 
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Metadata
Title
Conclusion: Potential for Transformative Research to Address Risks
Authors
Janet McIntyre-Mills
Norma R. A. Romm
Copyright Year
2019
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Book
Democracy and Governance for Resourcing the Commons

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-04890-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-04891-4

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04891-4_16