Exploring the relationships between qualitative research and social change, this bookasks how social change is informed and influenced by research. Examples discussed are from research practice and experiences in the fields of sociology, social work, professional practice, education, criminal justice and anthropology.’
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Introduction: The Importance of Qualitative Research to Social Change – Preliminary Considerations; P. Cox, T. Geisen and R. Green PART I: EXPLORING CONCEPTS AND APPROACHES Changing Research, Research for Change: Exploring the Perspectives of Complexity Science; P. Cox The Notion of Ambivalence: Human Action and Social Change Beyond Analytical Individualism; T. Geisen A Complex Terrain of Words and Deeds: Discourse, Research and Social Change; S. Hicks and C. Taylor PART II: WELFARE ISSUES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Bringing about Social Change: The Role of Community Research; R. Green Forum Theatre as a Participatory Tool for Social Research and Development: A Reflection on ‘Nobody is perfect’: A Project with Homeless People; M. Wrentschur Psycho-social Perspectives in Policy and Professional Practice Research; C. Miller, P. Hoggett and M. Mayo PART III: ISSUES IN RESEARCH Evaluating Risk Assessment: A Methodological Study of Mentally Disordered Offenders in the London Probation Area; W. Fitzgibbon Educational Research Need Not Be Irrelevant; Z. Bekerman Policy Analysis in Education – Multiplicity as a Key Orientation for Research; K. Kraus Bibliography
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ZVI BEKERMAN teaches anthropology of education at the School of Education and the Melton Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel PAT COX is Researcher and Lecturer in the in the Department of Social Work, University of Central Lancashire, UK DIANA WENDY FITZGIBBON is Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Hertfordshire, UK THOMAS GEISEN is Researcher and Lecturer in the School of Social Work, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland ROGER GREEN is Director of the Centre for Community Research, University of Hertfordshire, UK STEPHEN HICKS is Reader in Health and Social Care at the University of Salford, UK PAUL HOGGETT is Professor of Politics and Director of the Centre for Psycho-Social Studies, University of the West of England, UK KATRIN KRAUS is Researcher and Lecturer in the Department of Vocational Education at the University of Zurich, Switzerland MARJORIE MAYO is Professor at the Centre for Lifelong Learning and Community Engagement at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK CHRIS MILLER is Professor of Social and Community Development and Director of the Centre for Local Democracy at the University of the West of England, UK CAROLYN TAYLOR is Senior Lecturer in Applied Social Science at the University of Lancaster, UK MICHAEL WRENTSHUR is Researcher and Lecturer in the Institute of Education, Department of Social Pedagogy, University of Graz, Austria
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