Doing research with people: approaches to participatory research: an introduction

The contents of this manual trace the roots, principles and practices of four well known participatory research approaches:

À Participatory Research (PR)
À Participatory Action Research (PAR)
À Action Research (AR)
À Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)

Each section includes a description of the approach and a case study designed to be used in training situations. The manual is user friendly, contains basic definitions, case studies, reading lists and is well illustrated. It provides discussion points and questions, as well as exercises related to conducting participatory research in the field.