Research for social justice : a community-based participatory approach / Adje van de Sande & Karen Schwartz.
Material type: TextPublisher: Halifax ; Winnipeg : Fernwood Publishing, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 2nd editionDescription: xi, 302 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1552668789
- 9781552668788
- 361.3072 23
- HV11 .V34 2017
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research as politics -- Research paradigms -- Research ethics -- Developing research proposals -- Research partners -- Participatory action research -- Research with indigenous people -- Program evaluations -- Needs assessments -- Qualitative methods -- Quantitative methods -- Report writing -- Appendix 1. St. Mary's Home : a service-users' needs assessment study: final report -- Appendix 2. Typical university-based research ethics application -- Appendix 3. Teaching community-based participatory research : a guide for course instructors.
"Most social research texts are written from an empiricist and positivist perspective, emphasizing the scientific method and the value of objectivity in research. While acknowledging that certain aspects of the scientific method should be preserved, Adje van de Sande and Karen Schwartz argue that social research should not and cannot be value-free. Researchers committed to social justice and social change need to support that commitment. Research for Social Justice examines how the structural inequality perspective and anti-oppressive principles--perspectives that view the problems experienced by people as rooted in the social, political and economic structures of society--provide this support. Intended for students who are interested in exploring the social justice approach to their community-based research. Research for Social Justice is also of benefit to research such as program evaluations and needs assessments. The second edition of the book updates and revises examples of research, includes a substantially revised chapter on Indigenous approaches to research and contains a chapter-by-chapter description of developing student projects in a research course and an example of a student-led, community-based research project."-- Provided by publisher.
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