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.

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.

1. Main Issues and Perspectives: An Introduction; Ronaldo Munck, Lorraine Mc Ilrath, Budd Hall and Rajesh Tandon PART I: OVERVIEW 2. Community-Based research: Genealogy and Prospects; Ronaldo Munck 3. Knowledge and participation: Implications for Community based research; Vanessa Liston 4. Community-Based Research and Healthy Communities; Jennifer Mullett 5.Global Foundations of Community-Based Research; Budd L. Hall and Rajesh Tandon PART II: EXPERIENCES 6. "With or Without You": The Development of Science Shops and Their Relations to Higher Education Institutions in Europe; Norbert Steinhaus 7. Research Engagement in the UK: Evolving Paradigms; Paul Manners, Sophie Duncan, and Ceri Davies 8. Emerging Practices on Community-Engaged Research: Perspectives from Ireland; Lorraine McIlrath, Catherine Bates, Ann Lyons, Kenneth Burns and Padraig Murphy 9. Reflections on Community-Based Research in Australian Universities; Michael Cuthill 10. An Organizing Approach to Community-Based Research in the US: Historical and Contemporary Models; Scott J. Peters and Maria Avila 11. Community Engagement as a Site for the Production of New Knowledges in South Africa; Ahmed Bawa 12. The Community-Based Research Tradition in Latin America; Juta Gutberlet and Crystal Tremblay PART III: PERSPECTIVES 13. Re-Imagining the University; Ronald Barnett 14. Higher Education and the Public Good: Uncertain Potential; Mala Singh 15. Community-Based Research in Higher Education: Obstacles and Opportunities; Ronaldo Munck, Lorraine Mc Ilrath, Budd Hall and Rajesh Tandon