Margaret Ledwith, Jane Springett

Participatory practice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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: 244mm x 170mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 462g
• ISBN-13: 9781847420121
• ISBN-10: 1847420125
• Artikelnr.: 25372305

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.