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Social Justice and Deep Participation

Theory and Practice for the 21st Century

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  • © 2015

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  1. Paula Donnelly Roark
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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction: Turning Points

    1. Introduction: Turning Points

      • Paula Donnelly Roark
      Pages 1-12

  3. Rethinking Participation and Social Change

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Background and Overview: Everybody Counts or Nobody Counts

      • Paula Donnelly Roark
      Pages 15-36

    3. Current Participatory Approaches

      • Paula Donnelly Roark
      Pages 37-56

    4. Rethinking Participation Practice and Theory

      • Paula Donnelly Roark
      Pages 57-70

  4. Deep Participation: A Natural Dynamic of the World

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
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    2. New Directions

      • Paula Donnelly Roark
      Pages 73-82

    3. The Six Elements of Deep Participation

      • Paula Donnelly Roark
      Pages 83-110

    4. Tracing Deep Participation in West Africa

      • Paula Donnelly Roark
      Pages 111-130

    5. Tracing Deep Participation in North America

      • Paula Donnelly Roark
      Pages 131-142

  5. Participatory Social Theory in a Fast Changing World

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
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    2. Stalemate or Reinvention?

      • Paula Donnelly Roark
      Pages 145-152

    3. The Dynamics of Participation

      • Paula Donnelly Roark
      Pages 153-161

    4. Formulating a Participatory Social Theory

      • Paula Donnelly Roark
      Pages 162-190

    5. Conclusion: Creating Social Justice

      • Paula Donnelly Roark
      Pages 191-202

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 203-228
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Knowing what deep participation is, and how it works, can make a critical difference in solving 21st century economic, political, and social problems. This book provides a new approach to hands-on change and begins formulation of a participatory social theory promising greater prosperity and justice for all.

About the author

Paula Donnelly Roark is a social scientist with a long career in international development starting as a Fulbright Hayes professor in West Africa. She is a skilled scholar/practitioner in social analysis, participation, poverty eradication and sustainable environments. Donnelly Roark's long experience combining theory and practice enables a particularly insightful analysis and discussion of social change.

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