Habermas and Social Research

This collection brings together for the first time a set of researchers with Habermas' core concepts of colonisation, deliberation and communication at the centre of their research methodologies. Full of insight and innovation, the book is an essential read for anyone wanting to know more about approaches to social theory and its applicat

Mark Murphy is Reader in Education & Public Policy at the University of Glasgow, UK. He has a long history of writing about, and working with, Habermas' ideas, including co-editing Habermas, critical theory and education (with T. Fleming, Routledge, 2012).

Introduction: Putting Habermas to work in social research (Mark Murphy)  Section 1: Research on Colonisation  Chapter 2: Habermas in the context of social movements research: Colonisation as a living battle (Gemma Edwards)  Chapter 3: Habermas' critical theory as an alternative research paradigm: The case of Everglades environmental policy (Claire Connolly Knox)  Chapter 4: Habermas and the self-regulation of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) (Peter Kennedy)  Section 2: The politics of deliberation 1: Research on the public sphere  Chapter 5: Working with and thinking against Habermas (Judith Bessant)  Chapter 6: Digitizing Habermas: Digital public spheres & networked publics (Bjarki Valtysson)  Section 3: The politics of deliberation 2: Research on inclusion  Chapter 7: Parental involvement in school: Applying Habermas' theoretical framework    (Anne Dorthe Tveit)  Chapter 8:  Looking at participation through the lens of Habermas' theory: opportunities to bridge the gap between lifeworld and system? (Susan Woelders & Tineke Abma) Section 4: Communicative (inter)actions 1: School and migration studies  Chapter 9: Transnationalism as communicative action: Putting Habermas to work in migration studies (Thomas Lacroix)  Chapter 10: Young children's educational practice in preschool in relation to Habermas' philosophical perspective (Anette Emilson)  Section 5: Communicative (inter)actions 2: The planning process  Chapter 11: Bridging the theory and method nexus in planning: The potential and limits of Habermas for urban planning scholarship (Crystal Legacy and Alan March)  Chapter 12: Habermas and the role of linguistic interaction in environmental planning: An East European case study (Maie Kiisel)