ABSTRACT
In Part 1 of this book we mapped out some of the key features of the OA environment. In Part 2, we discussed the nature of theory and the relationship between theory and practice. Then in Part 3, we carried out a detailed content analysis of theory-informed literature investigating OA. In Part 4, we reported our wide-ranging interviews with researchers and practitioners working on OA about their views of the theory-practice relationship in their roles. Now in Part 5, we discuss what these results mean. In Chapter 10, we will consider what our research tells us about OA and its potential future, but in this chapter we will discuss what the results mean for our understanding of the relationship between theory and practice.
