05281oam 2200793I 450 991046085710332120200520144314.01-317-71906-91-315-78595-11-317-71905-010.4324/9781315785950 (CKB)3710000000540232(EBL)4218826(SSID)ssj0001591733(PQKBManifestationID)16288716(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001591733(PQKBWorkID)13983793(PQKB)10694483(MiAaPQ)EBC4218826(Au-PeEL)EBL4218826(CaPaEBR)ebr11136826(CaONFJC)MIL882938(OCoLC)935253656(OCoLC)933433422(EXLCZ)99371000000054023220180706e20142004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLatino social policy a participatory research model /Juana Mora, David R. Diaz, editorsNew York :Routledge,2014.1 online resource (212 p.)First published 2004 by Haworth Press, Inc.0-7890-1760-1 0-7890-1759-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; 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 HomeConnecting University and Community Through Problem-Solving ResearchDynamics of Dichotomous Divisions: The Debate over What Constitutes Legitimate Research; Epistemological and Methodological Limitations; Refraining 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 InvolvementAppendix AAppendix 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 FarmworkersUsing the Ethnographic Method to Overcome Research ObstaclesConclusion; 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 U.S. Latinos; Introduction; The Identity of a Mexican/Latina Researcher in Mexico; The Research DesignArranging Field Research Within the EjidoThe 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 AlternativesAddressing Conflicts, Contradictions, and Issues in the FieldLatin AmericansResearchCaliforniaLos AngelesLatin AmericansCaliforniaLos AngelesSocial conditionsLatin AmericansResearchMexicoLatin AmericansMexicoSocial conditionsAction researchCaliforniaLos AngelesAction researchMexicoLos Angeles (Calif.)Social policyMexicoSocial policyElectronic books.Latin AmericansResearchLatin AmericansSocial conditions.Latin AmericansResearchLatin AmericansSocial conditions.Action researchAction research362.8468Diaz David R.1951-960284Mora Juana M960285MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460857103321Latino social policy2176570UNINA