'Gouldner's child?' Some reflections on sociology and participatory action research

Journal of Sociology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 267-284

  Wadsworth, Yoland ^a,b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Action research; Epistemology; History of ideas; Paradigms; Sociology of sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644525946     PISSN: 14407833     EISSN: 17412978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1440783305057079     Document Type: Review

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