ABSTRACT
Much of this book has been concerned with fairly abstract and philosophical matters but the last chapter moved us into the world of action, at least insofar as research is concerned. And it has always been my view that knowledge and action were in a sense inseparable. Any action implies some form of knowledge, even if it is implicit or embodied and beneath the consciousness of the person involved. Equally, knowledge about how the world is always has implications for action that we may take. This is akin to Foucault’s view that knowledge and power are so inextricably linked that he always refers to power/knowledge (Foucault 1980).
