{"product_id":"collaborating-for-change-a-participatory-action-research-casebook-paperback-softback-9781978801158","title":"Collaborating for Change; A Participatory Action Research Casebook (Paperback \/ softback) 9781978801158","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCollaborating for Change\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Participatory Action Research Casebook\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSusan D. Greenbaum (Edited by), Glenn Jacobs (Edited by), Prentice Zinn (Edited by), Natalicia R. Tracy (Contributions by), Tim Sieber (Contributions by), Anne Phillips (Contributions by), Betsy Leondar-Wright (Contributions by), Lisa Marie Alatorre (Contributions by), Bilal Mafundi Ali (Contributions by), Jennifer Friedenbach (Contributions by), Chris Herring (Contributions by), TJ Johnston (Contributions by), Dilara Yarbrough (Contributions by), Peggy Kahn (Contributions by), Bill Hoynes (Contributions by), Jonathan Bix (Contributions by), Carl Wilmsen (Contributions by), Diane E. Bush (Contributions by), Victoria Breckwich Vásquez (Contributions by), Rich Heyman (Contributions by), Emily Timm (Contributions by), Pablo Alvarado (Contributions by), Chris Newman (Contributions by), Bliss Requa-Trautz (Contributions by), Nik Theodore (Contributions by), Teófilo L Reyes (Contributions by), Christina Fletes-Romo (Contributions by), Veronica Avila (Contributions by), Gretchen Purser (Contributions by), Kathleen Sexsmith (Contributions by), Fabiola Ortiz Valdez (Contributions by), Rebecca Fuentes (Contributions by), Carly Fox (Contributions by), David A Gadsby (Contributions by), Robert C Chidester (Contributions by), Leontina Hormel (Contributions by), Elliott Moffett (Contributions by), Julian Matthews (Contributions by), Lucinda Simpson (Contributions by), Chris Norden (Contributions by), Robert Elliott (Contributions by), Janne Underriner (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781978801158\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 January 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e220 pages, n-a\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.313 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The dismantling of the public sector over the past three decades has meant that even as universities proclaimed their commitment to civic engagement, community-based courses often ended up trying to compensate for the loss of essential services, rather than challenging the status quo.  Now comes this collection, which demonstrates that when academics collaborate with grassroots activists who are committed to progressive social change, and when they embrace egalitarian research methods, genuine transformation is possible. I highly recommend it for anyone who is involved in university-community partnerships.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e— Susan B. Hyatt, co-editor of Learning Under Neoliberalism: Ethnographies of Governance in Higher Education\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"The greatest strength of this casebook is that it includes numerous rich, detailed examples that illustrate PAR processes, including their strengths and contributions as well as challenges and obstacles. Each chapter is co-authored and focuses on a PAR process funded by the SIF. For those hungry for examples, this casebook is a feast.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Contemporary Sociology\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"Each part of \u003ci\u003eCollaborating for Change\u003c\/i\u003e presents participatory action research from different communities and with different goals. What connects them is a shared rejection of the notion that academic research and community organizing are separate, and in fact, they show that blurring the lines between these practices strengthens each....While the findings they present are supported by the data and, while every research project led to significant policy changes, [some] succeeded beyond this [and] most clearly captured the power of praxis in language new researchers can absorb.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— AnthroSource\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCollaborating for Change\u003c\/i\u003e is an invigorating how-to on forging solidarity across activist and academic divides, a blueprint for turning visions of a better world into reality with a step-by-step\u003cbr\u003e accounting of what works on the frontlines in the struggle for social justice. In a new twist on \"thinking global, acting local,\" this powerful and instructive volume illustrates the magic that\u003cbr\u003e happens when committed, thoughtful people bring their special knowledge and expertise to bear on a common goal.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Alisse Waterston, author with illustrator Charlotte Hollands, of the forthcoming graphic book, Light in Dark Times: Th\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCollaborating for Change: A Participatory Action Research Casebook\u003c\/i\u003e is a particularly timely publication considering the influx in momentum for social justice movements during 2020....[A] quality overview of PAR as an epistemology and method, but its true value lies in the real world examples of how collaborating for change has played out and created co- benefits for researchers, activists, organizations, and communities.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Rural Sociology\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"Pedagogy in Participatory Action Research,\" by Prentice Zinn\u003c\/div\u003e— Footnotes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAcross the U.S. immigrants, laborers, domestic workers, low-income tenants, indigenous communities, and people experiencing homelessness are conducting research to fight for justice. \u003ci\u003eCollaborating for Change: A Participatory Action Research Casebook\u003c\/i\u003e documents the stories of a dozen community-based research projects.  Academics and their partners share authorship about the importance of gathering credible evidence, both for organizing and persuading.  The emphasis is on community organizations involved in struggles for equality and justice.  Research projects directly engage community partners in all phases of the research process.  Finally, the stories capture how the research changes the roles of researchers and those being researched.  The book is designed for students, but also for community organizers, social justice activists, and their research allies; it offers real stories and real projects that show how democratizing research supports social change and heightens our understanding of complex social issues.\u003cbr\u003e   \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e SUSAN D. GREENBAUM\u003cbr\u003e 1 The Epistemology and Hybridity of Participatory Action Research: What and Whose Truth Is It?\u003cbr\u003e GLENN JACOBS\u003cbr\u003e Part I Social Justice Organizing\u003cbr\u003e 3 The Activist Class Cultures Project: Helping Activists Become More Class Inclusive\u003cbr\u003e BETSY LEONDAR-WRIGHT\u003cbr\u003e 4 Fighting Antihomeless Laws and the Criminalization of Poverty through Participatory Action Research\u003cbr\u003e LISA MARIE ALATORRE, BILAL ALI, JENNIFER FRIEDENBACH, CHRIS HERRING, T. J. JOHNSTON, AND DILARA YARBROUGH\u003cbr\u003e 5 Organizers and Academics Together: The Household Energy Security Crisis and Utility Justice Organizing\u003cbr\u003e JONATHAN BIX, WILLIAM HOYNES, AND PEGGY KAHN\u003cbr\u003e Part II Worker Rights Activism\u003cbr\u003e 6 Shaping Organizing Strategy and Public Policy for an Invisible Workforce: Restaurant Opportunities Center VERONICA AVILA, CHRISTINA FLETES-ROMO, AND TEÓFILO REYES\u003cbr\u003e 7 Worker-Led Research Makes the Case for Labor Justice for Massachusetts Domestic Workers: Social Research and Social Change at the Grassroots\u003cbr\u003e TIM SIEBER AND NATALICIA TRACY\u003cbr\u003e 8 Power Sharing through Participatory Action Research with a Latino Forest Worker Community\u003cbr\u003e VICTORIA BRECKWICH VÁSQUEZ, DIANE BUSH, AND CARL WILMSEN\u003cbr\u003e 9 Making Injustice Visible: National Day Laborer Organizing Network's Research and Action\u003cbr\u003e PABLO ALVARADO, CHRIS NEWMAN, BLISS REQUA-TRAUTZ, AND NIK THEODORE\u003cbr\u003e 10 Milking Research for Social Change: Immigrant Dairy Farmworkers in Upstate New York\u003cbr\u003e CARLY FOX, REBECCA FUENTES, FABIOLA ORTIZ VALDEZ, GRETCHEN PURSER, AND KATHLEEN SEXSMITH\u003cbr\u003e 11 Building a Better Texas: Participatory Research Wins for Texas Workers\u003cbr\u003e RICH HEYMAN AND EMILY TIMM\u003cbr\u003e Part III Language, Literacy, and Heritage\u003cbr\u003e 12 Mobilizing and Organizing Nimiipuu to Protect the Environment: Fighting to Protect Ancestral Lands in Idaho\u003cbr\u003e LEONTINA HORMEL, JULIAN MATTHEWS, ELLIOTT MOFFETT, CHRIS NORDEN, AND LUCINDA SIMPSON\u003cbr\u003e 13 Building Future Language Leaders in a Participatory Action Research Model\u003cbr\u003e ROBERT ELLIOTT AND JANNE UNDERRINER\u003cbr\u003e 14 Conclusion: Linking Research to Social Action\u003cbr\u003e PRENTICE ZINN, SUSAN D. GREENBAUM, AND GLENN JACOBS\u003cbr\u003e Notes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e About the Foundation\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52638155178264,"sku":"9781978801158","price":23.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/collaborating-for-change-a-participatory-action-research-casebook-paperback-softback-9781978801158","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}