Research Catalog

Title

Voices of change : participatory research in the United States and Canada / edited by Peter Park [and others] ; foreword by Paulo Freire.

Publication

Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 1993.

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Details

Additional Authors

Park, Peter, 1929-

Description

xxii, 203 pages; 25 cm

Subjects

• Action research
• Participant observation
• Social movements > Research > Canada
• Social movements > Research > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-191) and index.

Contents

What is participatory research? : a theoretical and methodological perspective / Peter Park -- The powerful, the powerless, and the experts : knowledge struggles in an information age / John Gaventa -- If you can't beat 'em, join 'em : the professionalization of participatory research / Thomas W. Heaney -- A way of working : participatory research and the aboriginal movement in Canada / Ted Jackson -- Putting scientists in their place : participatory research in environmental and occupational health / Juliet Merrifield -- The Appalachian land ownership study : research and citizen action in Appalachia / Billy D. Horton -- Participatory research as critical theory : the North Bonneville, USA, experience / Donald E. Comstock, Russell Fox -- Breaking down barriers : accessibility self-advocacy in the disabled community / Mary Brydon-Miller -- Aboriginal organizations in Canada : integrating participatory research / Marlene Brant Castellano -- Challenges, contradictions, and celebrations : attempting participatory research as a doctoral student / Patricia Maguire.

ISBN

• 0897893344
• 9780897893343

LCCN

92042898

OCLC

• ocm27107145
• 27107145
• SCSB-8967328

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library