Participation, truth and partiality: Participatory action research, community-based truth-telling and post-conflict transition in Northern Ireland

Sociology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-88

  Lundy, Patricia ^a   McGovern, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conflict; Northern Ireland; Oral history; Participatory action research; Research methodologies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645741885     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038506058431     Document Type: Article

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