Research Methods for Community Change
eBook - ePub

Research Methods for Community Change

A Project-Based Approach

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eBook - ePub

Research Methods for Community Change

A Project-Based Approach

About this book

Everyone is a member of a community, and every community is continually changing. To successfully manage that change, community members need information. This book is an in-depth review of all of the research methods that communities can use to solve problems, develop their resources, protect their identities, and build power. With an engaging writing style and numerous real world examples, Randy Stoecker shows how to use a project-based research model in the community to diagnose a community condition, prescribe an intervention for the condition, implement the prescription, and evaluate its impact. At every stage of this model there are research tasks, from needs and assets assessments to process and outcome studies. Readers also learn the importance of involving community members at every stage of the project and in every aspect of the research.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Brief Contents
  5. Detailed Contents
  6. Preface and Acknowledgments
  7. About the Author
  8. 1. “But I Don’t...”
  9. 2. The Goose Approach to Research
  10. 3. The Community Development Context of Research
  11. 4. Head and Hand Together: A Project-Based Research Model
  12. 5. Diagnosing
  13. 6. Prescribing: Researching Options
  14. 7. Implementing: When Research Is the Project
  15. 8. Evaluation
  16. 9. Beyond Information
  17. Appendix A: Strategic Planning
  18. Appendix B: Research Ethics and the Institutional Review Board
  19. Appendix C: Writing Proposals
  20. Appendix D: Data Resources
  21. Author Index
  22. Subject Index