Participatory Research in Conservation and Rural Livelihoods

Reviews / Votes

"I would recommend this book for all researchers and students about to undertake research that involves local communities." (Austral Ecology and Ecological Management & Restoration, 2011) "The true strength of the book lies in its focus on the quality of research partnerships and the power of these relationships to address social justice issues as they relate to conservation and rural livelihoods." (Ecoscience, June 2010)"Overall, the book is an engaging collection of convincing cases for participatory methods in resource commons research. The book will be especially useful for graduate students as the cases clearly address pros and cons of participatory approaches, and were written by student practitioners." (The International Journal of the Commons, October 2009) "Participatory Research in Conservation and Rural Livelihoods is brilliant, passionate, and inspiring. Fortmann and her contributors carefully qualify and complicate the distinctions between knowing and doing, between civil science and conventional science, and between communities and researchers. In so doing, they impart new richness and complexity to discussions of participatory research and forge a model of deep collaboration that tirelessly confronts difficult questions of power, inclusion, reciprocity, voice, and expertise while successfully blurring the border between natural and social sciences." Richa Nagar, University of Minnesota, co-author of Playing with Fire"Reed and Warner-Rogers have made a substantial contribution to thedevelopment of child neuropsychology, which has suffered a dearthof comprehensive texts, in this broad-ranging, well-conceived andauthoritative volume." -Professor J Graham Beaumont, Department of ClinicalPsychology, Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, London "For me, they have more than succeeded in meeting their goalsfor combining science and practice, staying academically groundedbut accessible, and powerfully presenting the case for thenecessary focus on developmental variables. The text is bothfascinating and readable throughout." -Jane Holmes Bernstein Ph. D., Department ofPsychiatry, Children's Hospital Boston / Harvard MedicalSchool "A valuable addition to the libraries of pediatric/childneuropsychologists. It takes a somewhat different and refreshingapproach as compared to existing texts, focusing on neurobehavioralfunctions rather than clinical disorders. The book places a strongemphasis on clinical translation and application that should appealto practitioners, but is firmly grounded in state-of-the-art theoryand research." -Professor Keith Yeates, Department of Pediatrics,Children's Research Institute, Ohio State University "Here in a single volume, the reader will find material aboutkey concepts of child development, summaries of current theory, andrecommendations for clinical practice with most of the disorderscommonly seen by pediatric neuropsychologists. Whether read as thetextbook for a course or bought as a self-study aid, practitionersnew to the field will find this material invaluable, whileexperienced professionals will surely appreciate the well-editedchapters that will quickly bring them 'up to speed' onrecent advances. This is an immensely useful book that should be apart of every pediatric neuropsychologist's library." -Steve Hughes, PhD, LP, ABPdN, Director of Educationand Research, The TOVA Company