Here you have the editorial and the abstract of the article published at the International Journal of Action Research where Miren Larrea and James Karlsen participated as guest editors. You can find the whole number and the article at the link below: http://www.hampp-verlag.de/hampp_e-journals_IJAR.htm (International Journal of Action Research, 2014, volume 10, issue 2)

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