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Higher Education and Community-Based Research

Creating a Global Vision

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  1. Ronaldo Munck
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  2. Lorraine McIlrath
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  3. Budd Hall
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  4. Rajesh Tandon
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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Main Issues and Perspectives: An Introduction

    1. Main Issues and Perspectives: An Introduction

      • Ronaldo Munck, Lorraine McIlrath, Budd Hall, Rajesh Tandon
      Pages 1-8

  3. Overview

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Community-Based Research: Genealogy and Prospects

      • Ronaldo Munck
      Pages 11-26

    3. The Problematic of Participation: Back to the Future

      • Vanessa Liston
      Pages 27-38

    4. Community-Based Research, Health, and Social Interventions

      • Jennifer Mullett
      Pages 39-52

    5. Majority-World Foundations of Community-Based Research

      • Rajesh Tandon, Budd Hall
      Pages 53-68

  4. Experiences

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. “With or Without You”—The Development of Science Shops and Their Relationship to Higher Education Institutions in Europe

      • Norbert Steinhaus
      Pages 71-83

    3. Research Engagement in the UK: Evolving Policy and Practice

      • Sophie Duncan, Paul Manners
      Pages 85-99

    4. Emerging Policy and Practices on Community-Based Research—Perspectives from the Island of Ireland

      • Lorraine McIlrath, Catherine Bates, Kenneth Burns, Ann Lyons, Emma McKenna, Pádraig Murphy
      Pages 101-116

    5. Community-Based Research in Australian Universities: Reflections on National Policy, Institutional Strategy, and Research Practice

      • Michael Cuthill
      Pages 117-131

    6. Organizing Culture Change through Community-Based Research

      • Scott J. Peters, Maria Avila
      Pages 133-147

    7. Community Engagement as Fabric in Which to Weave in Teaching/Learning and Research

      • Ahmed C. Bawa
      Pages 149-165

    8. The Community-Based Research Tradition in Latin America

      • Jutta Gutberlet, Cystal Tremblay, Carmen Moraes
      Pages 167-180

  5. Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181
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    2. Community-Based Research: Searching for Its Foundations

      • Ronald Barnett
      Pages 183-198

    3. Higher Education and the Public Good: Precarious Potential?

      • Mala Singh
      Pages 199-216

    4. Knowledge, Action, and Hope: A Call for Strengthening the Community-Based Research Movement

      • Budd Hall, Rajesh Tandon, Ronaldo Munck, Lorraine McIlrath
      Pages 217-218

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 219-254
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About this book

A unique, comparative survey of community-based research within a higher education context, featuring some of the top scholars in the field, this book brings together a global range of experiences with community-based research and engages the leaders in the field worldwide to set out visions for future directions, practices, and developments.

Reviews

"Backed by a wealth of information and new research findings, this compilation is a tour de force that has the potential to innovatively disrupt higher education worldwide. Higher education is experiencing a transformative change engaging the community. Through the diverse range of community-based research and experiences expound by the authors, readers will discover refreshing ideas relevant for navigating these changes. Highly recommended!" - Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, President, International Association of Universities, France; Honorary Professor, University of Nottingham, UK, and Muhammad Yassin Chair of Leadership, Islamic Science University of Malaysia

"This is an important contribution to providing a theoretical and conceptual frame for better understanding the complexities of community based research in different countries and institutional contexts. The authors do not shy away from grappling with the challenges and risks inherent in bringing community based research from the periphery into the mainstream of university research." - Nasima Badsha, Chief Executive Officer, Cape Higher Education Consortium, South Africa

About the authors

Giles Mohan, The Open University, UK Jennifer Mullett, Vancouver Island University, Canada Norbert Steinhaus, Bonn Science Shop/Living Knowledge Network, Germany Paul Manners, University of the West of England, UK Michael Cuthill, University of Southern Queensland, Australia Scott Peters, Syracuse University, USA Ahmed Bawa, Durban University of Technology, South Africa Monique Marks, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Juta Gutberlet, University of Victoria, Canada Ronald Barnett, Institute of Education, University of London, UK Mala Singh, United Nations University

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