"Bounded" Empowerment: Analyzing Tensions in the Practice of Youth-Led Participatory Research in Urban Public Schools

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 13-26

  Ozer, Emily J ^a   Newlan, Sami ^a   Douglas, Laura ^a   Hubbard, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b San Francisco Peer Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Empowerment; Participatory research; Schools; YPAR

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; SCHOOL; STUDENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84881029272     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-013-9573-7     Document Type: Article

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