Latino Social Policy: A Participatory Research Model

ISBN-13: 9780789017598 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 272 str.

Juana Mora; David R. Diaz; Juana M. Mora

Opis

Examines the failure of traditional research methods to address major social needs in Latino communities, promoting instead a participatory/ action approach to research that is socially and scientifically meaningful.

Spis treści

• About the Editors
• Contributors
• Introduction. Participatory Action Research: A New Vision and Practice in Latino Communities
• Introduction
• A Critique of traditional Research Strategies: Objectivity, Subjectivity, and Power
• Participatory Action Research: Philosophy and Principles
• Structure of the Book
• SECTION I: CREATING A NEW VISION AND ROLE FOR RESEARCH IN LATINO COMMUNITIES
• Chapter 1. Plugging the Brain Drain: Bringing Our Education Back Home
• Connecting University and Community Through Problem-Solving Research
• Dynamics of Dichotomous Divisions: The Debate over What Constitutes Legitimate Research
• Epistemological and Methodological Limitations
• Reframing Our Research Questions
• Interactive Research
• Closing the Dichotomous Division
• SECTION II: LATINO COMMUNITY AND RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS IN PRACTICE
• Chapter 2. A Participatory Perspective on Parent Involvement
• Parent-School Interaction in Contemporary Society
• Creating a New Cultural Activity in Participation
• In the Act of Transformation
• A New Definition of Parent Involvement
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Chapter 3. Building Community, Research, and Policy: A Case of Community Health and Central Americans in Los Angeles
• Introduction
• Organizational and Community Context
• Community Partnership Methodology
• Learning from the Initiative: Challenges and Benefits
• Appendix: Selected Findings from the Needs Assessment
• Chapter 4. Critical Ethnography and Substance Abuse Research Among Transnational Mexican Farmworkers
• Introduction
• Transnational Mexican Farmworkers and Substance Abuse
• Studying Substance Abuse Among Transnational Mexican Farmworkers
• Using the Ethnographic Method to Overcome Research Obstacles
• Conclusion
• Chapter 5. Community Contexts and Chicano/a Methods of Inquiry: Grounded Research and Informed Praxis
• Introduction
• The Researcher
• Qualitative versus Quantitative Design: An Obsolete Separation
• Conceptualizing and Implementing the Research
• Problems Encountered During Research
• Conclusion
• Chapter 6. Identity and Field Research in Mexico: Lessons for Research and Social Policy for US Latinos
• Introduction
• The Identity of a Mexican/Latina Researcher in Mexico
• The Research Design
• Arranging Field Research Within the Ejido
• The Interviewing Process: The Interviewed Researcher
• Field Research and Perceived Identity in the Three Ejidos
• Changing Boundaries of My Identity According to Region
• Lessons for Latino/a Research and Policy
• Conclusions
• Chapter 7. Social Scientists, Public Housing Residents, and Action Research in a Chicano Barrio in East Los Angeles
• Introduction
• Normative Role of Researchers Who Study Communities
• Constructing Research Roles for Public Housing Residents
• Crises in the Field and Implementing Project Alternatives
• Addressing Conflicts, Contradictions, and Issues in the Field
• Maintaining Continuity Between Residents and Researchers
• Technical Considerations
• Reporting the Results of the Survey
• Conclusion
• SECTION III: RESEARCH TO POLICY AND PRACTICE—INFLUENCING LATINO POLICY AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
• Chapter 8. Community Action Research with Census Data: The Latino Coalition for a New Los Angeles, 1992-93
• Introduction
• The 1992 Los Angeles Civil Disturbances
• Rebuilding LA
• The Latino Coalition for a New Los Angeles (LCNLA)
• No Longer a Minority
• Starting the Action Agenda: Press Conference
• Creating the Data Map
• Action Research Methodology
• The Agenda Emerges
• The Aftermath
• Chapter 9. Expanding Latino Community Capacity for Sustainable Programs Through Researcher/Community Partnerships
• Introduction
• Barriers to Latino Community Funding in the Age of Accountability
• Building Organizational Capacity: Definiti

O autorze

Juana Mora, David Diaz