Participatory Action Research [Paperback]

Through a rejection of the traditional separation between the researcher and the research setting, this volume discusses a philosophy in which the researcher is fully involved in the process of organizational learning and change. William Foote Whyte and his collaborators outline the theory and methods behind participatory action research, weigh up its strengths and weaknesses and then present cases where this research strategy has been used in both industry and agriculture from a variety of countries on four continents.Through a rejection of the traditional separation between the researcher and the research setting, this volume discusses a philosophy in which the researcher is fully involved in the process of organizational learning and change. William Foote Whyte and his collaborators outline the theory and methods behind participatory action research, weigh up its strengths and weaknesses and then present cases where this research strategy has been used in both industry and agriculture from a variety of countries on four continents.Introduction - William Foote Whyte
PAR IN INDUSTRY
Participatory Action Research - William Foote Whyte, Davydd J Greenwood and Peter Lazes
Through Practice to Science in Social Research
Participatory Action Research - Larry A Pace and Dominick R Argona
A View from Xerox
Participatory Action Research - Anthony J Constanza
A View from ACTWU
Participatory Action Research - Jose Luis Gonzalez Santos
A View from FAGOR
Participatory Action Research and Action Science Compared - Chris Argyris and Donald Schon
A Commentary
Comparing PAR and Action Science - William Foote Whyte
Research, Action and Participation - Richard E Walton and Michael Gaffney
The Merchant Shipping Case
Co-Generative Learning - Max Elden and Morton Levin
Bringing Participationl