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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Goodson, Lisa. Community research for participation. Bristol : The Policy Press, 2012 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Lisa Goodson; Jenny Phillimore |
ISBN: | 9781847429421 1847429424 |
OCLC Number: | 806205264 |
Description: | 1 online resource (363 pages) |
Contents: | Figures -- Tables -- Part 1. Theoretical and methodological issues -- 1. Community research: opportunities and challenges -- Introduction -- Community research and social science -- Community research, policy evaluation and the policy process -- When and why community research is appropriate -- Methodological challenges -- Structure of the book -- 2. A critical communicative perspective on community research: reflections on experiences of working with Roma in Spain -- Introduction. Dialogic turn in societies and social sciencesTheoretical discussion -- Critical communicative methodology in practice -- Key learning -- Conclusions -- 3. Authenticity and validity in community research: looking at age discrimination and urban social interactions in the UK -- Chapter aims -- Introduction -- Validity and authenticity in research -- Community research in practice -- Validity and authenticity in research design -- Validity and authenticity in data collection and analysis -- Validity and authenticity in dissemination -- Conclusion -- Discussion questions. 4. Community research with Gypsies and Travellers in the UK: highlighting and negotiating compromises to reliability and validity -- Chapter aims -- Introduction -- The importance of a community-based approach when assessing accommodation needs -- The challenges for community-based approaches when assessing accommodation needs -- Community research in practice -- Key learning -- Conclusion -- 5. Involving community researchers in refugee research in the UK -- Introduction -- Theoretical reflections on insider/outsider research -- Community research in practice -- Key learning -- Discussion questions. 6. Universities as agents in the empowerment of local communities in Germany, Finland and RussiaIntroduction -- Theoretical background -- Factors for a working model -- An inclusive approach to research methodology -- Key learning points -- Conclusion -- Discussion questions -- 7. Data analysis and community research: capturing reality on housing estates in Bradford, UK -- Introduction -- Analysis in participatory research -- Community analysis in practice -- Community map-making -- Visual focus groups -- Team meetings -- Policy workshop -- Discussion questions -- Part 2. : Ethics, power and emotion. 8. Participation in community research: experiences of community researchers undertaking HIV research in South AfricaIntroduction -- Description of the research project -- CRs' experiences and challenges -- Reflections -- Key learning -- Conclusion -- 9. Power and participation in community research: community profiling in Italy -- Introduction -- Theoretical discussion -- Community research in practice -- Key learning -- 10. The pedagogy of community research: moving out of the ivory tower and into community organisations in Canada -- Introduction -- Theoretical context -- Community research in practice. Description of one research collaboration. |
Responsibility: | edited by Lisa Goodson and Jenny Phillimore. |
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"Goodson and Phillimore have collated a comprehensive and timely volume into the nature of community research that highlights the benefits of working with and in communities." LSE Review of Books "A usefull and far reaching discussion drawing on a wide range of practice/research illustrations" Carol Packham, MMU "This text cleverly negotiates through community research dealing with theoretical, ethical and practical issues in an engageing manner" Stuart Agnew, University Campus Suffolk "It is invaluable when practitioners produce reflections on experiences of undertaking their craft, and this volume is no exception. With a series of illuminating chapters covering a range of topics, this will be of value to those engaged in the field of community research." Tim May, co-director, Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures, University of Salford, UK Read more...