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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.
Participatory Action Research and Action Science Compared: A Commentary
Participatory Action Research and Action Science Compared: A Commentary
The Dilemma of Rigor or Relevance
Whyte, Greenwood, and Lazes frame their discussion of PAR in terms of the desirability of pluralism in social science. They argue for the incorporation of PAR, along with normal science, in the social scientist's ...
