TY - BOOK AU - Greenbaum,Susan D. AU - Jacobs,Glenn AU - Zinn,Prentice TI - Collaborating for change: a participatory action research casebook SN - 9781978801196 AV - H62 .C655 2020 PY - 2020/// CY - New Brunswick, New Jersey PB - Rutgers University Press KW - Action research KW - United States KW - Social change KW - Case studies KW - Social justice KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Introduction --; Epistemology --; Section One: Social justice organizing --; The activist class cultures project --; Fighting anti-homeless laws --; Organizers and academics together --; Section Two: Worker rights activism --; Shaping organizing strategy and public policy --; Worker-led research makes the case --; Power sharing through participatory action research in a Latino forest worker community --; Making justice visible --; Milking research for social change --; Building a better Texas --; Section Three: Language and culture --; Mobilizing and organizing Nimiipuu to protect the environment --; Building future language leaders --; Afterword: linking research to social action; 2; b N2 - "With society confronting a gathering storm of reactionary political forces, we critically need a surge of progressive organizing and effective action to challenge the false messages of right-wing 'populism'. Outside the Ivory Tower speaks to that task. The book is a snapshot of the projects undertaken by activist organizations and academic researchers in the US who work together to marshal evidence in support of humane policies and progressive change across a range of fields and organizations. It offers examples of social justice projects that involve explicitly co-equal partnerships between the university researchers and the community-based organizations, and showcases the deliberate efforts of these programs to achieve organizational democracy and societal transformation"-- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2317993&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -