Participatory Action Research and the Study of Political Participation

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Participatory Action Research and the Study of Political Participation

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University of Otago

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Otago University Research Archive

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This chapter offers a critical overview of participatory action research (PAR) as a means of studying political participation. Amidst growing concern that “parachute-style” research was further disempowering the communities it intended to uplift, there was a turn in the 1970s towards more participatory modes of research that recognized the importance of local knowledge and insights in shaping social change. In addressing the central tenets and underlying philosophies of PAR, this chapter emph...

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Research paper

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Book Section

Date created

2022-07-01

Creator

Dawson, Marcelle C

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/39381

Related subjects

agency / decolonization / everyday politics / local knowledge / participatory action research / Political Behaviour / political participation / political subjectivity / social change

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