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A University AssistedCommunitySchools Approach to Understanding Social Problems and SocialJustice (Paperback)
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A University AssistedCommunitySchools Approach to Understanding Social Problems and SocialJustice (Paperback)
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As this book cogently states this is an eclectic examination of
current social problems using the lenses of literature, whether
fiction or non-fiction, to open doors to understanding the
potential for new and creative interventions that have the
potential for transformative change. The beginning quote from Toni
Morrison bringing light to those who don't always find themselves
true ownership to the land to which they are rooted in is a climate
system for readers of this book. James Agee and Walker Evans
provide a clear and yet complex vision of how they came to study
three families in Hale County, Alabama. Their work gives excellent
details on how to enter cultures different from their own.
Hillbilly Elegy, Appalachian Reckoning and Nickel Boys all written
in the past three years yield description and rhetoric that inform
social scientists of the human condition. Appalachian Reckoning
disputes much of what J.D. Vance wrote. Furious Hours is an
excellent source for data collection and analysis. Literature is
not new to social commentary but these are contemporary works that
can help scholar activists and public researchers who are doing
research and publishing for the public. This is a major goal of
this book. Educational issues and their intersection with crime and
mental issues are key topics of this cogent book. Opportunity gaps,
school to prison pipeline, anxiety and many more issues are fodder
for scholar activists that are adumbrated in this forceful book.
The community school is proffered as a hub of services for those
thorny issues. The school is the place to offer services because so
many are fractured in this country today and very likely to become
more so. Systemic thinking is a key part of the interventions
applied currently. A plus on this topic is that systems thinking is
presented in a demystifying way. Vignettes are a strength of this
book in that they are what happened and they give readers insight
into what worked and what didn't. If you are a bridge player, one
peak is worth two finesses. The people in these vignettes are as
alive today as they were when these events took place.
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