Margaret Ledwith, Jane Springett

Participatory practice

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This exciting new book on social work is both practical and theoretical. It is a pioneering work, situating theory within a participatory worldview and grounding practice in the important issues of our times: social justice and sustainability. The ideas, by authors Margaret Ledwith and Jane Springett, are founded on two premises. First, transformative practice begins in the stories of people's everyday lives and the practical theory generated from these narratives is the best way to inform both policy and practice. This innovative approach bridges the divide between ideas and practice, and allows the development of knowledge that is needed to bring about transformative social change. Second, participatory approaches to practice allow practitioners not only to critically examine the world, but also to reflect on the way in which they view the world in order to situate their local practice more relevantly within bigger social issues.

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This exciting book is a pioneering work of integrated praxis, situating theory within a participatory worldview and grounding practice in the important issues of our times - social justice and sustainability. The book will be of interest to both academics and community-based practitioners.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Policy Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 642g
• ISBN-13: 9781847420138
• ISBN-10: 1847420133
• Artikelnr.: 25362800

Autorenporträt

Margaret Ledwith is Emeritus Professor of Community Development and Social Justice at the University of Cumbria. She is also one of the coordinators of the international Collaborative Action Research Network. For many years, she was a community worker/educator in Scotland and North-West England which forged the foundation of a lifetime commitment to social justice. She has written two previous books: Community Development: A critical approach (2005) and Participating in Transformation: Towards a working model of community empowerment (1997). Jane Springett is Professor of Health Promotion and Public Health at Liverpool John Moores University, where she facilitates a participatory action research group within the Institute for Health Research, and visiting professor at Kristianstad University, Sweden. She has a longstanding interest in ecological approaches to health and wellbeing which is informed by her background in human geography. She is passionately committed to participatory evaluation and co-edited the ground-breaking Evaluation in Health Promotion.