Citation

O'Neill D, Morgan M. J. Community Appl. Soc. Psychol. 2001; 11(4): 263-275.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/casp.624

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This paper discusses the process and merits of a post-structuralist approach to participant observation and describes the use of this research strategy in evaluating a community based ‘stopping violence’ programme. While the participant observation research strategy is commonly employed as a ‘process evaluation’ method (Rossi and Freeman, 1993) it's role within a distinctly post-structuralist programme is a novel application of a well-established research strategy. This has significant implications for how social scientists may approach both participant observation and evaluation in the future. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.