Research Justice - Methodologies for Social Change

This is the first book to take a radical approach to socially just, community centred research. Challenging traditional models for conducting social science research within marginalized populations, it examines the relationships between research, knowledge construction, and political power/legitimacy in society.

About the author

Andrew J. Jolivette is associate professor and chair of American Indian studies at San Francisco State University, where he is also an affiliated faculty member in the Graduate Program in Sexuality Studies. He is the editor of Obama and the Biracial Factor: The Battle for a New American Majority, also published by Policy Press.

Summary

This is the first book to take a radical approach to socially just, community centred research. Challenging traditional models for conducting social science research within marginalized populations, it examines the relationships between research, knowledge construction, and political power/legitimacy in society.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew J. Jolivette, Andrew J. (EDT) Jolivette
• Assisted by: Andrew Jolivette (Editor), Andrew J Jolivette (Editor), Andrew J. Jolivette (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9781447324621
• ISBN: 978-1-4473-2462-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)