Participatory Action Research: Theory and Methods for Engaged Inquiry

ISBN-13: 9781138486232 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 418 str.

Jacques M. Chevalier; Daniel J. Buckles

Opis

Revised and updated, Participatory Action Research 2ed, guides readers on new pathways to collective reasoning and evidence-based learning for social change, addressing the widespread difficulties all disciplines face when trying to contribute to change in complex social settings characterized by uncertainty and the unknown.

Spis treści

Introduction  Module 1: Advancing Theory  1. Ins and outs of Participatory Action Research  2. Pragmatic, psychosocial and critical PAR  Module 2: Design and Facilitation  3. Planning systems that learn  4. Participatory Action Monitoring and Evaluation  5. Measuring with measure  6. Skills, process design and ethics  Module 3: Exploring Problems  7. Getting to the roots  8. Participatory mapping and Citizen Science  9. Factors at play  10. Paradox  Module 4: Knowing the Actors  11. Stakeholder basics  12. Making social analysis simple, but not any simpler  13. Social Analysis CLIP  14. Positions and values  Module 5: Assessing Options  15. Thinking outside the box  16. Reconciling differences  17. Anticipating the future  Module 6: System Thinking  18. System Dynamics  19. Domain Analysis  20. Breaking the dependency on tobacco production  Conclusion