Participatory action research approaches and methods : connecting people, participation and place / edited by Sara Kindon, Rachel Pain and Mike Kesby.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kindon, Sara Louise.

Pain, Rachel.

Kesby, Mike, 1966-

Series:

Routledge studies in human geography ; 22.

Routledge studies in human geography ; 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Participant observation.

Action research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the justification, theorization, practice and implications of Participatory Action Research approaches and methods in the social and environmental sciences.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Boxes; Figures; Plates; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Connecting people, participation and place; Part I: Reflection; 2 Participatory Action Research: Origins, approaches and methods; 3 Participation as a form of power: Retheorising empowerment and spatialising Participatory Action Research; 4 Participatory Action Research: making a difference to theory, practice and action; 5 Toward a participatory ethics; 6 Participatory Action Research and researcher safety; Part II: Action

7 Environment and development: (Re)connecting community and commons in New England fisheries, USA8 Working towards and beyond collaborative resource management: Parks, people, and participation in the Peruvian Amazon; 9 Researching sexual health: Two Participatory Action Research projects in Zimbabwe; 10 Gender and employment: Participatory social auditing in Kenya; 11 Inclusive methodologies: Including disabled people in Participatory Action Research i

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-134-13555-6

1-134-13556-4

1-281-10231-8

9786611102319

0-203-93367-2

OCLC:

316143777