Practising Public Scholarship - Experiences and Possibilities Beyond the Academy (Paperback, New)

A cross-disciplinary collection of 20 essays describing the journey to public scholarship, exploring the pleasures and perils associated with breaching the town-gown divide. Includes contributions from departments of geography, comparative literature, sociology, communications, history, English, public health, and biology Discusses their efforts to reach beyond the academy and to make their ideas and research broadly accessible to a wider audience Opens the way for a new kind of democratic politics-one based on grounded concepts and meaningful social participation Includes deeply personal accounts about the journey to becoming a public scholar and to intervening politically in the world, while remaining within a university system Provides a broad prescription for social change, both within and outside the university

General

Imprint:	Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2008
First published:	October 2008
Authors:	K Mitchell
Dimensions:	228 x 155 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	160
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-4051-8912-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > Universities / polytechnics
LSN:	1-4051-8912-6
Barcode:	9781405189125

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