Building Community

Social Science in Action
Philip W. Nyden - Loyola University Chicago, USA
Anne E. Figert - Loyola University, Chicago, IL, USA
Mark Shibley - Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR
Darryl Burrows - Neighborhood Progress Incorporated, Cleveland, Ohio
Building Community
January 1997 | 288 pages | Sage US
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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.

Contents

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

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.

Contents

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
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Building Community

Social Science in Action

Philip W. Nyden , Anne E. Figert , Mark Shibley , Darryl Burrows
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January 1997 | 288 pages | Sage US

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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.

Table Of Contents:

  • 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

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