This is a detailed guide to developing and conducting a critical participatory action research project. The authors outline new views on participation, practice and research. They provide five extended examples of critical participatory action research studies. The book includes a range of resources for people planning a critical participatory research initiative, providing guidance on how to establish an action research group and identify a shared concern, research ethics, principles of procedure for action researchers, protocols for collaborative work, keeping a journal, gathering evidence, reporting, and choosing academic partners. This book focuses specifically on critical participatory action research, which occupies a particular critical niche in the action research family. This is an essential guide to planning and undertaking this type of research.