Feminism and Social Change: BRIDGING THEORY AND PRACTICE

     "Fresh, original, and brings together in one place a set of authors         who are very important to the field." -- Mary Margaret Fonow, coeditor         of Beyond Methodology: Feminist Scholarship as Lived Research       "Finally, a collection dedicated to demonstrating precisely what         it means to do feminist research!" -- Madonna Harrington Meyer,         University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign       How likely is feminist research to promote change in society? Are some         research methods more successful at bringing about change than others?         Contributors to this volume discuss principles of feminist inquiry, providing         examples from their own experience and evaluating research practices for         their potential to promote social change. The twelve chapters cover methodologies         including ethnographic study, in-depth interviewing, naming, and going         public. Also explored are consultative relationships between academic         researchers and activist organizations, participatory and advocacy research         processes, and coalition building.