Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Exploring the relationships between qualitative research and social change, this bookasks how social change is informed and influenced by research. Examples discussed are from research practice and experiences in the fields of sociology, social work, professional practice, education, criminal justice and anthropology."

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• List of Acronyms (p. vii)
• Notes on Contributors (p. viii)
• Introduction: The Importance of Qualitative Research to Social Change - Preliminary Considerations (p. 1)
• Part I Exploring Concepts and Approaches
• 1 Changing Research, Research for Change: Exploring the Perspectives of Complexity Science (p. 15)
• 2 The Notion of Ambivalence: Human Action and Social Change beyond Analytical Individualism (p. 32)
• 3 A Complex Terrain of Words and Deeds: Discourse, Research, and Social Change (p. 52)
• Part II Welfare Issues and Community Development
• 4 Bringing about Social Change: The Role of Community Research (p. 75)
• 5 Forum Theatre as a Participatory Tool for Social Research and Development: A Reflection on 'Nobody is perfect' - A Project with Homeless People (p. 94)
• 6 Psycho-social Perspectives in Policy and Professional Practice Research (p. 112)
• Part III Issues in Research
• 7 Evaluating Risk Assessment: A Methodological Study of Mentally Disordered Offenders in the London Probation Area (p. 135)
• 8 Educational Research Need Not Be Irrelevant (p. 153)
• 9 Policy Analysis in Education - Multiplicity as a Key Orientation for Research (p. 167)
• Bibliography (p. 184)
• Index (p. 213)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

ZVI BEKERMAN teaches anthropology of education at the School of Education and the Melton Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IsraelPAT COX is Researcher and Lecturer in the in the Department of Social Work, University of Central Lancashire, UKDIANA WENDY FITZGIBBON is Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Hertfordshire, UKTHOMAS GEISEN is Researcher and Lecturer in the School of Social Work, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern SwitzerlandROGER GREEN is Director of the Centre for Community Research, University of Hertfordshire, UKSTEPHEN HICKS is Reader in Health and Social Care at the University of Salford, UKPAUL HOGGETT is Professor of Politics and Director of the Centre for Psycho-Social Studies, University of the West of England, UKKATRIN KRAUS is Researcher and Lecturer in the Department of Vocational Education at the University of Zurich, SwitzerlandMARJORIE MAYO is Professor at the Centre for Lifelong Learning and Community Engagement at Goldsmiths, University of London, UKCHRIS MILLER is Professor of Social and Community Development and Director of the Centre for Local Democracy at the University of the West of England, UKCAROLYN TAYLOR is Senior Lecturer in Applied Social Science at the University of Lancaster, UKMICHAEL WRENTSHUR is Researcher and Lecturer in the Institute of Education, Department of Social Pedagogy, University of Graz, Austria