'Participatory Action Research' by gdover

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This should be one of the first books to read when starting researching PAR - it covers theory and practice and the diversity of authors provides the readers with a whole range of perspectives on participatory research. Either buy it or make sure you can

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Excellent range of articles on PAR - for example, Fals Borda, Stephen Kemmis etc.

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Coghlan locates PAR as an approach he sees as part of mechanistic action research - instrumental in nature. Interesting article as Coghlan explores the challenges and advantages on insiders - complete members of an organization - conducting action resear

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Examines participatory approaches in relation to the field of development. It is highly critical of organized, formal, approaches to participation.

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Worth a read - especially Whyte's chapter on PAR with Greenwood

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Excellent book covering a range of topics - PR theory to a range of examples of PR in action.

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Short interesting history of PAR from one of its early advocates and now Director of Community-based research at University of Victoria.

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John Campbell argues that participatory research fails to ???problematize??? and explain its actual use of techniques which undermines its validity.

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Jean Bartunekl argues that the contribution of action research to scholarly thinking has not been very great although this is changing. The challenge is to describe with ???some precision??? the collaborative practices actually involved in interventions a