action theory

(20th century)

Action theory is a theory of social investigation.

The social investigator cannot and should not be indifferent to what he/she studies. People are always both subjects and objects of research, and thus investigation should involve principled stands on the problems studied, and principled intentions of changing them.

Source:
Maggie Humm, The Dictionary of Feminist Theory (Hemel Hempstead, 1989)

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