Message-ID: <2.2.16.19970605030554.3f3f5390@postoffice2.mail.cornell.edu> Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 23:05:54 -0400 From: Gustavo Gutierrez <mailto:cgg2@CORNELL.EDU> Subject: New book on Participatory Action Research!!! To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
************ BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT ****************"PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH AND SOCIAL CHANGE"
by Daniel Selener
Published by The Cornell Participatory Action Research Network. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. USA. 1997 / 384 pages; paperback/ ISBN 9978-95-130-X
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Participatory Action Research approaches have been developed and applied in four main areas:
1) Participatory Research in Community Development 2) Action Research in Organizations 3) Action Research in Education 4) Farmer Participatory Research
In Part I, the book presents a detailed description of each participatory action research approach including: origins, definition and main focus, main components and characteristics, epistemological assumptions, role of the researcher, guidelines for conducting participatory action research and intended outcomes. It includes a case study for each approach.
Part II of the book discusses the implications and potential for social change of each participatory action research approach including: type and level of participation, democracy, power and control of the research process and of the context in which it takes place, and theories of social change in relation to participatory action research.
This is an excellent resource book for both academics and practitioners using participatory action research in different settings. It is also very useful as a text-book for professors and students. It includes a specialized bibliography of more than 1,000 sources.
HOW TO ORDER
Orders must be prepaid. The cost of the book is US$ 25, postage included. Please make check payable to GLOBAL ACTION PUBLICATIONS in US$ dollars from a bank located in the USA, or check in any European currency (equivalent to US$ 25) from a bank located in Europe. Send check to:
GLOBAL ACTION PUBLICATIONS Apartado Postal 17-08-8494 Quito, ECUADOR (South America)
20% discount is available on orders of more than 10 books for seminars, college or university courses, or other educational purposes.
FOR MORE INFORMATION please contact Daniel Selener at:
FAX: (593-2) 443-763 or
E-MAIL: mailto:daniel@iirr.ecx.ec