Participatory Community Inquiry in the Opioid Epidemic - A New Approach for Communities in Crisis (Hardcover)

This book explores a research project focused on finding a community-level response to the opioid epidemic. Grounded in communication ethics, appreciative inquiry, and action research, this book contends that the opioid epidemic in the United States is as much a social disease as it is a pharmaceutical one, arising from a lack of social connection and the "communal literacy" Americans need to deal with the challenges they face together. Asking how Americans can rediscover their social connection to rebuild vibrant, sustainable communities, the author proposes and tests an approach called Participatory Community Inquiry (PCI), which helps groups acknowledge the social goods that unite them, design practices that protect and promote those goods, and undertake actions that can support their common lives. Shaping the conversation on how Americans may rediscover and rebuild the community they have lost, this book will be a key resource for researchers, practitioners, and students in communication studies, sociology, and action research interested in social ethics and community development and organizing.

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Focus on Communication Studies
Release date:	October 2021
First published:	2022
Authors:	Craig T. Maier
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	106
ISBN-13:	978-1-03-215233-2
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General
LSN:	1-03-215233-8
Barcode:	9781032152332

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