'Participatory Action Research' by gdover

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This is a great introduction to PAR. Alice McIntyre weaves theory with practice using two case studies - one with women in Belfast and another with students in the US.

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A fascinating read by an experienced PAR researcher. She poses some challenging questions at the end of the paper concerning double participation, power differentials and the nature of scientific research.

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A brilliant compilation of theoretical and practical issues associated with PAR. A must read!

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Provides a participation continuum from passive participation to self-mobilization.

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Argue that participation is a process that starts with an intent and builds within the limits set by the participants and the conditions.

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PAR used in the context of helping an organization explore and redesign its information systems.

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Stoecker outlines some the tensions with the roles often played by PAR researchers and presents 4 different roles essential for a PAR process that the researcher may or may not be able to fulfil. An interesting read!

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Tolman and Brydon-Miller explore how PAR is and might be applied in the field of psychology.

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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