Co-Operative Inquiry: Research into the Human Condition

by John Heron

This is the first book to provide a comprehensive account of co-operative a way of doing research with people where the roles of researcher and subject are integrated. Co-operative inquiry is a distinctive and wide-ranging form of participative research in which people use the full range of their sensibilities to inquire together into any aspect of the human condition. This book offers both an extensive exploration of its theoretical background and a detailed practical guide to the methods involved. Topics covered a critique of established research techniques; the underlying participative paradigm of co-operative inquiry; the epistemological and political aspects of participation; different types of

Genres: Research

240 pages, Paperback

First published July 21, 1995