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1 online resource |
Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; About the Editors; Contributors; Introduction. Participatory Action Research: A New Vision and Practice in Latino Communities; Introduction; A Critique of Traditional Research Strategies: Objectivity, Subjectivity, and Power; Participatory Action Research: Philosophy and Principles; Structure of the Book; Section I: Creating a New Vision and Role for Research in Latino Communities; Chapter 1. Plugging the Brain Drain: Bringing Our Education Back Home |
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Connecting University and Community Through Problem-Solving ResearchDynamics of Dichotomous Divisions: The Debate over What Constitutes Legitimate Research; Epistemological and Methodological Limitations; Refraining Our Research Questions; Interactive Research; Closing the Dichotomous Division; Section II: Latino Community and Research Partnerships in Practice; Chapter 2. A Participatory Perspective on Parent Involvement; Parent-School Interaction in Contemporary Society; Creating a New Cultural Activity in Participation; In the Act of Transformation; A New Definition of Parent Involvement |
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Appendix AAppendix B; Chapter 3. Building Community, Research, and Policy: A Case of Community Health and Central Americans in Los Angeles; Introduction; Organizational and Community Context; Community Partnership Methodology; Learning from the Initiative: Challenges and Benefits; Appendix: Selected Findings from the Needs Assessment; Chapter 4. Critical Ethnography and Substance Abuse Research Among Transnational Mexican Farmworkers; Introduction; Transnational Mexican Farmworkers and Substance Abuse; Studying Substance Abuse Among Transnational Mexican Farmworkers |
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Using the Ethnographic Method to Overcome Research ObstaclesConclusion; Chapter 5. Community Contexts and Chicano/a Methods of Inquiry: Grounded Research and Informed Praxis; Introduction; The Researcher; Qualitative versus Quantitative Design: An Obsolete Separation; Conceptualizing and Implementing the Research; Problems Encountered During Research; Conclusion; Chapter 6. Identity and Field Research in Mexico: Lessons for Research and Social Policy for U.S. Latinos; Introduction; The Identity of a Mexican/Latina Researcher in Mexico; The Research Design |
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Arranging Field Research Within the EjidoThe Interviewing Process: The Interviewed Researcher; Field Research and Perceived Identity in the Three Ejidos; Changing Boundaries of My Identity According to Region; Lessons for Latino/a Research and Policy; Conclusions; Chapter 7. Social Scientists, Public Housing Residents, and Action Research in a Chicano Barrio in East Los Angeles; Introduction; Normative Role of Researchers Who Study Communities; Constructing Research Roles for Public Housing Residents; Crises in the Field and Implementing Project Alternatives |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 5, 2016) |
Subject |
Latin Americans -- Research -- California -- Los Angeles
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Latin Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Social conditions
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Latin Americans -- Research -- Mexico
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Latin Americans -- Mexico -- Social conditions
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Action research -- California -- Los Angeles
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Action research -- Mexico
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Action research
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Latin Americans -- Social conditions
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Social policy
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SUBJECT |
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social policy
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Mexico -- Social policy
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California -- Los Angeles
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Mexico
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Mora, Juana M., editor
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Diaz, David R., 1951- editor
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ISBN |
9781317719052 |
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1317719050 |
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9781317719069 |
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1317719069 |
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1315785951 |
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9781315785950 |
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