Community Research for Community Development

✍ Scribed by Marjorie Mayo, Zoraida Mendiwelso-Bendek, Carol Packham (eds.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Leaves: 269
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Community Development, Community Organising and Third Sector-University Research Partnerships....Pages 3-18
How Inclusive and How Empowering? Two Case Studies Researching the Impact of Active Citizenship Learning Initiatives in a Social Policy Context....Pages 19-39
Front Matter....Pages 41-41
Impact Measurement or Agenda-Setting?....Pages 43-64
Research with Refugee and Asylum Seeker Organisations: Challenges of Insider Action Research....Pages 65-77
Researching Empowerment in Practice: Working with a Women’s Refugee and Asylum Group....Pages 78-91
Measurement as Reflection in Faith-Based Social Action....Pages 92-110
Community Learning Approaches to Solidarity between the Generations: Research Evidence and Evaluation Tools for Impact....Pages 111-130
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
Participatory Arts and Community Development: Taking Part ....Pages 133-149
Contradiction, Collaboration and Criticality: Researching Empowerment and Citizenship in Community-Based Arts....Pages 150-169
Sports Volunteering and Community Engagement....Pages 170-194
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Collaboration and Mutual Support in the Third Sector....Pages 197-218
‘Resilience’ and Small Voluntary and Community Sector Groups....Pages 219-234
Conclusions: Futures for Community-University Research Partnerships in Challenging Times?....Pages 235-246
Back Matter....Pages 247-260

✦ Subjects

Social Policy; Politics of the Welfare State; Education Policy; Higher Education; Social Work and Community Development; Lifelong Learning/Adult Education

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