Partnership in Practice Research: a Norwegian Experience

This article outlines some of the issues involved in developing partnerships between service users, practitioners and researchers. It discusses these through some experience in Oslo as part of a national level agreement (HUSK) to improve social services in Norway through research and knowledge development. It begins with a review of the main concepts and debates involved in developing collaborative partnerships for practice-based research, particularly in the social services arena. The HUSK program is then described. The article then traces some specific developments and challenges in negotiating partnership relations as discussed by program participants (users, practitioners and researchers) in a series of workshops designed to elicit the issues directly from their experience.

Rezension zu "Recht verstehen. Wie Laien, Juristen und Versicherungsagenten die 'Riester-Rente' interpretieren"

Rezension zu "Recht verstehen. Wie Laien, Juristen und Versicherungsagenten die 'Riester-Rente' interpretieren" von Angelika Becker und Wolfgang Klein; Berlin 2008: Akademie Verlag: "Es gibt in der Literatur keinen Mangel an umfangreichen und generellen Darstellungen zu Sprache und Verstehen, auch nicht auf dem Gebiet des Rechts; dagegen fehlt es an Darlegungen dazu, wie man empirisch den Verstehensprozess untersuchen kann. Diese Lücke füllt das Buch. "