Description |
xxii, 203 pages ; 25 cm |
Contents |
Introduction / Budd Hall -- 1. What is participatory research? : a theoretical and methodological perspective / Peter Park -- 2. The powerful, the powerless, and the experts : knowledge struggles in an information age / John Gaventa -- 3. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em : the professionalization of participatory research / Thomas W. Heaney -- 4. A way of working : participatory research and the aboriginal movement in Canada / Ted Jackson -- 5. Putting scientists in their place : participatory research in environmental and occupational health / Juliet Merrifield -- 6. The Appalachian land ownership study : research and citizen action in Appalachia / Billy D. Horton -- 7. Participatory research as critical theory : the North Bonneville, USA, experience / Donald E. Comstock and Russell Fox -- 8. Breaking down barriers : accessibility self-advocacy in the disabled community / Mary Brydon-Miller -- 9. Aboriginal organizations in Canada : integrating participatory research / Marlene Brant Castellano -- 10. Challenges, contradictions, and celebrations : attempting participatory research as a doctoral student / Patricia Maguire |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-191) and index |
Subject |
Action research.
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Participant observation.
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Social movements -- Research -- Canada.
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Social movements -- Research -- United States.
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Author |
Park, Peter, 1929-
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LC no. |
92042898 |
ISBN |
0897893344 (alk. paper) |
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