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ERIC Number: EJ452495
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0266-0830
Power/Knowledge: The Politics of Transformative Research.
Westwood, Sallie
Studies in the Education of Adults, v24 n2 p191-98 Oct 1992
Discussion with an African-American mental health group in Britain demonstrate the politics involved in the relationship between knowledge and power. Transformative research is seen as part of the politics of postmodernism--the shift from Eurocentrism and the influence of research on political agendas and the balance of power. (SK)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Foreign Countries, Politics, Postmodernism, Power Structure, Racial Discrimination, Research Utilization, Social Change
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Great Britain; Transformative Research