Building Community
Social Science in Action
1st Edition
Published on 20. March 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-8039-9093-7 (ISBN)
Description
This is a genuine innovation, because it is the ONLY text available which demonstrates how social science theory/research can be APPLIED to successful collaborative work with community groups. "Sustainable Communities on an Aging Planet is a course I am designing for Fall, 1996. This text is exactly what I need for the course. I was very impressed with the case material." --Stan Ingman, University of North Texas "I will be teaching a new course next semester entitled 'Community Building.' I would love to have a text that emphasizes case studies, while providing some information on needs assessment and evaluation research. It looks like [this book] would be exactly what I need." --Roland Liebert, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana Twenty-seven instructive cases, originally written for this volume, are framed by two introductory chapters and a concluding chapter, which draw out the principles and perspectives underlying the case materials. Each case also concludes with extensive editorial commentary.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
543 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-9093-7 (9780803990937)
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Persons
Philip Nyden is Co-Chair of the ASA Task Force for Institutionalizing Public Sociologies. Dr. Nyden was appointed as Director of the Loyola University Center for Urban Research and Learning (CURL) in January 1996. Dr. Nyden has worked with the City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations, the Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities, the Organization of the Northeast, the Howard Area Community Center, the Evanston Human Relations Commission, Hull House, and the Human Relations Foundation on a variety of projects aimed at promoting stable diverse neighborhoods, improving access to quality affordable housing, gaining an understanding of the needs of youth and families in our local community, and understanding business development in economically diverse communities.
Content
FIRST SECTION: WHY COLLABORATE AND MODELS OF HOW TO
University
Community Collaborative Research: Adding Chairs at the Research Table
Effective Models of Collaboration
SECOND SECTION: CASE STUDIES OF COLLABORATION IN VARIOUS SUBSTANTIVE AREAS
Racial, Ethnic and Economic Diversity
Pipedream of the Politically Correct or Are There Working Models?
Whose Environment, Whose Problem? Collaborative Research is Changing the Environmental Movement
New Models for Community-Based Research and Learning
Health Issues
Community Control/Voice
Conclusion
Collaboration Gives Hope and Voice in an Age of Disenchantment
University
Community Collaborative Research: Adding Chairs at the Research Table
Effective Models of Collaboration
SECOND SECTION: CASE STUDIES OF COLLABORATION IN VARIOUS SUBSTANTIVE AREAS
Racial, Ethnic and Economic Diversity
Pipedream of the Politically Correct or Are There Working Models?
Whose Environment, Whose Problem? Collaborative Research is Changing the Environmental Movement
New Models for Community-Based Research and Learning
Health Issues
Community Control/Voice
Conclusion
Collaboration Gives Hope and Voice in an Age of Disenchantment