Elucidating the Power in Empowerment and the Participation in Participatory Action Research: A Story About Research Team and Elementary School Change

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 215-230

  Dworski Riggs, Deanne ^a   Langhout, Regina Day ^b  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Participatory action research; Power; Reflexivity; Schools

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RESEARCH; SCHOOL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; PROCEDURES;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FACULTY; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; PARENTS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RESEARCH; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 77953691641     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-010-9306-0     Document Type: Article

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