Bøker av Valerie Malhotra Bentz

An updated edition of the bestselling text broadens the conception of mindfulness, and shows how mindful inquirers can maximize positive outcomes for participants, organizations, communities, and themselves. The first five chapters describe the application of mindful inquiry, and the following nine introduce cultures of inquiry and research traditions, theories, methods, and techniques.

This collaborative action research based on transformative phenomenology highlights the increase in Deathworlds globally. Life-sustaining environments (Lifeworlds) often include aspects that do not promote life (Deathworlds). Awareness of the existence of both and their interactions is essential for understanding the world in which we live. International researchers collaborate on topics such as addiction, oppression, and disaster politics.

Guides students and researchers through the maze of research traditions, cultures of inquiry and epistemological frameworks of social sciences. This title introduces the underlying logic of cultures of inquiry: ethnography; quantitative behavioral science; phenomenology; action research; hermeneutics; evaluation research; and theoretical research.