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Chevalier, Jacques M.

Participatory action research: theory and methods for engaged inquiry/ Jacques M. Chevalier and Daniel J. Buckles. - New York: Routledge, 2013. - xxi, 469 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Introduction: Engaging with Participatory Action Research --
Action Research History --
Society, Experience, Knowledge --
Module One: Grounding and Uncertainty. Creating an Action Learning System ; Managing Complexity ; Mapping the Process ; Walking the Talk. --
Module Two: Fact Finding and Listening. Reinventions of the Wheel ; Seeking Evidence and Consensus. --
Module Three: Exploring Problems. Getting to the Root ; Factors and Reasons. --
Module 4: Knowing the Actors. Stakeholder Identification ; Stakeholder Analysis ; Positions and Values. --
Module Five: Assessing Options. Blue Sky Thinking ; Into the Future. --
Module Six: Understanding Systems. Contributing to Change ; System Dynamics ; Domain Analysis ; Breaking the Dependency on Tobacco Production. --
Conclusion: Rethinking Higher Education and the Discovery Process.

ISBN: 9780415540315 (hbk.) 9780415540322 (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Action research.
Participant Observation.
Social sciences--Research--Methodology

Dewey Class. No.: 001.4 / CHE/P