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‘Evaluating an Empowering Research Strategy: Reflections on Action-Research with South Asian Women’

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  • Alison Bowes

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Anti-racist sociology, feminist sociology and action-research share a concern with empowerment of ‘the researched’. A review and critique of the concept of empowerment in anti racist, feminist and action research is used to argue for the use of Strauss's ‘paradigm’ for study of the negotiation of power in the research process. Power negotiations are discussed in relation to a reflexive case study of an action- research project which worked alongside South Asian women in Glasgow. The case focuses on the project set up, which was aimed at intrinsic empowerment, then on the community action which tried to respond to local concerns, and finally on the experiences of two researchers in the project. In conclusion, it is argued that empowerment, rather than an unquestioned, universally desirable goal, remains an issue for continuing debate.

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  • Alison Bowes, 1996. "‘Evaluating an Empowering Research Strategy: Reflections on Action-Research with South Asian Women’," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 1(1), pages 30-45, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socres:v:1:y:1996:i:1:p:30-45
    DOI: 10.5153/sro.1310
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    1. Dod Forrest, 2000. "Theorising Empowerment Thought: Illuminating the Relationship between Ideology and Politics in the Contemporary Era," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 4(4), pages 43-57, February.
    2. D. Millen, 1997. "Some Methodological and Epistemological Issues Raised by Doing Feminist Research on Non-Feminist Women," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 2(3), pages 114-128, September.
    3. Noah Temaner Jenkins & Michael I. J. Bennett, 1999. "Toward an Empowerment Zone Evaluation," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 13(1), pages 23-28, February.

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