Participatory action research / / Hal A. Lawson [and four others]

• Autore: Lawson Hal A.
• Pubblicazione: Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 300.72; 361.3072
• Soggetto topico: Action research
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Series; Participatory Action Research; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Introducing Participatory Action Research; 2 Child Welfare Participatory Action Research Design Teams for Workforce Reconfiguration, Organizational Innovation, and Policy Change; 3 Participatory Action Research with Youth; 4 A Complex, Community-Based Participatory Action Research Design to Address Obesity in Young Children and Their Families; 5 The Critical-Emancipatory Tradition of Participatory Action Research in Postdisaster Recovery Settings in the Global South ; 6 Summary Reflections and Lessons LearnedKey Websites for ParticipatoryAction Research; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: As novel, complex social problems increase, especially those involving vulnerable people who reside in challenging places, the limitations of conventional research methods implemented by just one or two investigators become apparent. Research and development alternatives are needed, particularly methods that engage teams of researchers in real world problem solving while simultaneously generating practice- and policy-relevant knowledge. Research methods that effectively tap the expertise of everyday people, especially those impacted by these targeted social problems, are a special priority bec
• Titolo autorizzato: Participatory action research
• ISBN: 0-19-020440-0; 0-19-020439-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463637003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Pocket guides to social work research methods.