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- Title
Conflicts Between Activist Research and Academic Success: Participatory Research and Alternative Strategies.
- Authors
Cancian, Francesca M.
- Abstract
The article compares participatory research and alternative activist approaches, based on the literature on participatory research and interviews with nine successful sociologists who use alternative approaches. Participatory research, distinguished by high control over research by community members, equalizes power within the research process, but often retards academic publication and career advancement. The interviews show that successful academics retain control over their research, experience mild to severe conflicts with departments, and develop various strategies for combining activism and career success. All types of activist research are more effective in challenging inequality if they involve activist community organizations.
- Subjects
SOCIAL conflict; ACADEMIC achievement; ACTIVISTS; CAREER development; PARTICIPANT observation; COMMUNITY life; SOCIAL action
- Publication
American Sociologist, 1993, Vol 24, Issue 1, p92
- ISSN
0003-1232
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF02691947