Collaborations for Social Justice - Professionals, Publics, and Policy Change

The importance of community empowerment in advancing public policy cannot be underestimated. Collaborations for Social Justice provides powerful examples of how professionals have successfully mobilized the public. Written primarily for students, academics, and lawyers, this book bridges the widely publicized gap between professional advocates and grassroots organizations.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Transformative Collaborations: Professionals and Minority Community Power
Chapter 3 Creating a New World: Transformative Lawyering for Social Change
Chapter 4 Organizing Education: Academic Research and Community Organizing for Social Reform
Chapter 5 LULUs of the Field: Research and Activism for Environmental Justice
Chapter 6 The Production of Knowledge and Community Empowerment: Organizing and Research on Youth Violence
Chapter 7 Private Troubles and Public Issues

About the author

Andrew L. Barlow, a long-time civil rights activist, is visiting associate professor of sociology at the University of California at Berkeley, and professor of sociology at Diablo Valley College. He is also the author of Between Fear and Hope: Globalization and Race in the United States.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew L. Barlow, Andrew L. (EDT) Barlow
• Assisted by: Andrew L Barlow (Editor), Andrew L. Barlow (Editor), Barlow Andrew L. (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2007
• EAN: 9780742559325
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-5932-5
• No. of pages: 148
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, LAW / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, Human rights & civil liberties law, LAW / Public, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, LAW / Environmental, LAW / Civil Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays, Social Work, Political science & theory, Public Law, Social discrimination & inequality, Environmental law, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Social discrimination & equal treatment, Jurisprudence & general issues, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Political science and theory, Society and culture: general, Central / national / federal government policies, Urban communities, Environment law, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Central government policies, Jurisprudence and general issues, Human rights & civil liberties, Constitutional & administrative law, Public procurement, services and supplies, Administrative jurisdiction & public administration, Urban communities / city life