Carole Truman
Biographic Data
| ID | 306490 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carole Truman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carole |
| FAMILY NAME | Truman |
| SIGNATURE | TRUMAN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lancaster University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 59 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
New social movements and social research
There is considerable diversity amongst the contributions within this volume, but the essential characteristics which each contribution shares is that the subjects of the research described experience forms of social and or economic marginalisation. As we have discussed in our introductory chapter, anti-discriminatory/emancipatory research may be informed by a range of debates relating to the nature and conduct of social research. It is important…
Research and Inequality
Paradigm lost? the theory and practice of anti-discriminatory research, Carol Truman defining without discrimination? minority ethnic groups and social problems - the case of street youths in Canada, Shirley Roy and Jacques Rheaume an integrated approach to human rights and social research, Stanley Whitkin from critical thought to emancipatory action - contradictory research goals?, Beth Humphries needs assessment - crucial step in emancipatory w…
Re-thinking Social Research
Ethics and the Ruling Relations of Research Production
The role of research ethics committees has expanded across the UK and North America and the process of ethical review has become re-institutionalised under proposals for research governance proposed by government. Ethics committees have gained a powerful role as gatekeepers within the research process. Underpinning the re-constitution of ethical guidelines and research governance, are a range of measures which protect institutional interests, wit…
Experience and meaning of user involvement
With an increased interest in and policy commitment to involving service users in the planning and delivery of health service provision, there is a clear need to explore both the rhetoric and realities of what user involvement entails. In the present paper, by drawing upon an evaluation of a community-based exercise facility for people with mental health problems, the authors explore ways in which the reality of user involvement is subject to a r…
Involving users in evaluation
User involvement has become a central tenet of government policy regarding health and social care. Likewise, the role of 'evidence' is seen as being at the heart of effective planning and delivery of health services (Our Healthier Nation, 1999). This paper examines the role of user involvement in evaluative research within the provision of an evidence base related to practice development. By focusing on the role of participatory research in the c…
Ethical, Social & Political Processes in Social Research
Gendered work
Gender and expertise
Technology, markets and the design of women's jobs—the case of the clothing industry
The clothing industry has been saved largely as a result of the introduction of new technology in response to an increasingly competitive market place. But what affect has this restructuring had upon jobs? We explore how women workers have experienced this change and why policy‐making should consider job design
Gendered work
Ethics and the Ruling Relations of Research Production
The role of research ethics committees has expanded across the UK and North America and the process of ethical review has become re-institutionalised under proposals for research governance proposed by government. Ethics committees have gained a powerful role as gatekeepers within the research process. Underpinning the re-constitution of ethical guidelines and research governance, are a range of measures which protect institutional interests, wit…
Experience and meaning of user involvement
With an increased interest in and policy commitment to involving service users in the planning and delivery of health service provision, there is a clear need to explore both the rhetoric and realities of what user involvement entails. In the present paper, by drawing upon an evaluation of a community-based exercise facility for people with mental health problems, the authors explore ways in which the reality of user involvement is subject to a r…
Technology, markets and the design of women's jobs—the case of the clothing industry
The clothing industry has been saved largely as a result of the introduction of new technology in response to an increasingly competitive market place. But what affect has this restructuring had upon jobs? We explore how women workers have experienced this change and why policy‐making should consider job design
Technology, markets and the design of women's jobs—the case of the clothing industry
The clothing industry has been saved largely as a result of the introduction of new technology in response to an increasingly competitive market place. But what affect has this restructuring had upon jobs? We explore how women workers have experienced this change and why policy‐making should consider job design
Gender and expertise
Gendered work
Ethical, Social & Political Processes in Social Research
Involving users in evaluation
User involvement has become a central tenet of government policy regarding health and social care. Likewise, the role of 'evidence' is seen as being at the heart of effective planning and delivery of health services (Our Healthier Nation, 1999). This paper examines the role of user involvement in evaluative research within the provision of an evidence base related to practice development. By focusing on the role of participatory research in the c…
Experience and meaning of user involvement
With an increased interest in and policy commitment to involving service users in the planning and delivery of health service provision, there is a clear need to explore both the rhetoric and realities of what user involvement entails. In the present paper, by drawing upon an evaluation of a community-based exercise facility for people with mental health problems, the authors explore ways in which the reality of user involvement is subject to a r…
Ethics and the Ruling Relations of Research Production
The role of research ethics committees has expanded across the UK and North America and the process of ethical review has become re-institutionalised under proposals for research governance proposed by government. Ethics committees have gained a powerful role as gatekeepers within the research process. Underpinning the re-constitution of ethical guidelines and research governance, are a range of measures which protect institutional interests, wit…
Re-thinking Social Research
New social movements and social research
There is considerable diversity amongst the contributions within this volume, but the essential characteristics which each contribution shares is that the subjects of the research described experience forms of social and or economic marginalisation. As we have discussed in our introductory chapter, anti-discriminatory/emancipatory research may be informed by a range of debates relating to the nature and conduct of social research. It is important…
Research and Inequality
Paradigm lost? the theory and practice of anti-discriminatory research, Carol Truman defining without discrimination? minority ethnic groups and social problems - the case of street youths in Canada, Shirley Roy and Jacques Rheaume an integrated approach to human rights and social research, Stanley Whitkin from critical thought to emancipatory action - contradictory research goals?, Beth Humphries needs assessment - crucial step in emancipatory w…
Sociology (9 works) · Political science (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics (4 works) · Mental Health and Patient Involvement (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Community Health and Development (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Health Policy Implementation Science (2 works)