Action and community-based research: improving local governance practices through the community scorecard

SOURCE: Transforming research methods in the social sciences: case studies from South Africa
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2019
TITLE AUTHOR(S): D.Sanchez Betancourt, E.Vivier
SOURCE EDITOR(S): S.Laher, A.Fynn, S.Kramer
KEYWORDS: COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, GOVERNANCE, POLITICAL PARTICIPATION, RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 10862
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/13771
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/13771

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Abstract

The chapter begins with an examination of the elements of PAR/CBR. Thereafter the authors describe the implementation of the community scorecard in Cape Town, drawing on the steps and rationale followed as the researchers who designed and facilitated the process.