Books/Libros by Barry Checkoway
"La acción comunitaria en un mundo global. Lo que se desprende de la lectura de este libro es la ... more "La acción comunitaria en un mundo global. Lo que se desprende de la lectura de este libro es la riqueza, la diversidad y la multiplicidad de enfoques, tradiciones y técnicas que se aúnan bajo el paraguas protector de un término macrocomprensivo como es el de /acción comunitaria/. Y es que el conjunto de trabajos que se reúnen en este libro es ciertamente heterogéneo, pero muy rico tanto en perspectivas teóricas como en estrategias metodológicas y en experiencias prácticas. Es, desde este punto de vista, un libro de acción comunitaria en su más pleno sentido, ya que el conjunto resulta intercultural, interdisciplinario e interprofesional.
Índice de capítulos: Acción comunitaria e intervención socioeducativa en un mundo globalizado • La participación comunitaria en una democracia social y culturalmente diversa: construir comunidad en un barrio israelí • Animación sociocultural en el trabajo comunitario en Finlandia • Hablando por sí mismos: evaluación juvenil multicultural y participativa • Animación cultural e intervención comunitaria: dos experiencias en Brasil • Capital social y organización comunitaria con inmigrantes de bajos ingresos en Chelsea, Massachussets, EE.UU. • La práctica del teatro-fórum. El grupo comunitario Marias do Brasil • El movimiento juvenil y la justicia social y económica: bases conceptuales y filosóficas para la investigación y la práctica."
Papers by Barry Checkoway
Routledge eBooks, Nov 12, 2012
The Program supports an agenda of research, application, and theory development. PCMA also establ... more The Program supports an agenda of research, application, and theory development. PCMA also establishes links among other university research and teaching efforts relevant to conflict management alternatives, and maintains liaison and collaboration with similar efforts in other universities and Practitioner agencies. The Program staffers own work focuses explicitly on the relationship between social justice and social conflict, specifically: (a) the use of innovative settlement procedures and roles for disputants and third parties; (b) the institutionalization of innovative mechanisms and the adoption of organizational and community structures that permanently alter the way conflicts are managed; and. (c) the fundamental differences and inequalities between parties that often create conflict and threaten its stable resolution. We examine these issues primarily in united Statesf settings, in conflicts arising within and between families, organizations and communities, and between different racial, gender, and economic constituencies. These specific efforts are supported by a variety of research and action grants/contracts with governmental agencies, foundations, and private and public organizations/agencies.
Metropolitan universities, 1997
If the research university were to redefine "service as scholarship" what would it be? The substa... more If the research university were to redefine "service as scholarship" what would it be? The substantial intellectual and institutional resources of Americas research universities are not readily accessible to the community. This article analyzes several elements in redefining service as scholarship, identifies obstacles to the process, and suggests ways of overcoming them.
Children and Youth Services Review, Oct 1, 2005
Young people should participate in public policy at the municipal level. But because mass media, ... more Young people should participate in public policy at the municipal level. But because mass media, social science, and professional practice tend to emphasize the deficiencies and disengagement of young people, there is need for more knowledge of their resources and roles as active participants in the policy process. This paper examines the San Francisco Youth Commission as an example of youth participation, including its origins, objectives, activities, facilitating and limiting forces, multilevel effects, and lessons learned from empirically-based practice. The authors-a university professor, commission director, and youth leader-argue that more knowledge of youth participation as a subject of study will contribute to its growth as a field of practice.
Higher Education Studies, Aug 20, 2018
This paper examines what first-generation students face when coming inside the gates of higher ed... more This paper examines what first-generation students face when coming inside the gates of higher education for the first time, an experience which, without preparation by them and their institution, can disorient them to a level of anxiety which affects their learning. The paper identifies issues arising when they are trying to find their way, such as choosing courses whose content feels foreign, and finding professors who can communicate with them in ways which they understand. It draws upon a review of the literature, and the experiences of the author as a first-generation student and, subsequently, a professor.
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1985
Journal of Community Practice, May 23, 1997
The Program supports an agenda of research, application, and theory development. PCMA also establ... more The Program supports an agenda of research, application, and theory development. PCMA also establishes links among other university research and teaching efforts relevant to conflict management alternatives, and maintains liaison and collaboration with similar efforts in other Universities and Practitioner agencies. The Program staffers own work focuses explicitly on the relationship between social justice and social conflict, specifically: (a) the use of innovative settlement procedures and roles for disputants and third parties; (b) the institutionalization of innovative mechanisms and the adoption of organizational and community structures that permanently alter the way conflicts are managed; and (c) the fundamental differences and inequalities between parties that often create conflict and threaten its stable resolution. We examine these issues primarily in United States' settings, in conflicts arising within and between families, organizations and communities, and between different racial, gender, and economic constituencies. These specific efforts are supported by a variety of research and action grantslcontracts with governmental agencies, foundations, and private and public organizations/agencies.
This workbook is for adults who are, or who want to become, allies of young people creating commu... more This workbook is for adults who are, or who want to become, allies of young people creating community change. These include youth workers and school teachers serving in established institutional roles, and community leaders and neighborhood activists involving youth in new grassroots initiatives. The assumption is that adults can benefit from information and intended to increase inter-generational interaction and mutual support in the common cause of creating change.
Phi Delta Kappan, May 1, 1996
Deep Blue (University of Michigan), Aug 1, 1988
The Program supports an agenda of research, application, and theory development. PCMA also establ... more The Program supports an agenda of research, application, and theory development. PCMA also establishes links among other university research and teaching efforts relevant to conflict management alternatives, and maintains liaison and collaboration with similar efforts in other Universities and Practitioner agencies. The Program staffers own work focuses explicitly on the relationship between social justice and social conflict, specifically: (a) the use of innovative settlement procedures and roles for disputants and third parties; (b) the institutionalization of innovative mechanisms and the adoption of organizational and community structures that permanently alter the way conflicts are managed; and (c) the fundamental differences and inequalities between parties that often create conflict and threaten its stable resolution. We examine these issues primarily in United States ' settings, in conflicts arising within and between families, organizations and communities, and between...
The authors wish to express their appreciation to Steven Rosenstone who was the Principal Investi... more The authors wish to express their appreciation to Steven Rosenstone who was the Principal Investigator for the Detroit Area Study from which the data for this study was drawn. We also thank Elizabeth Chapleski, Betsy Moles, the students who participated in the Detroit Area Study, and the Detroit area residents who participated in the interviews. All correspondence should be sent to Amy Schulz,
Partnerships/Community Barbara A. Holland Collection for Service Learning and Community Engagement (SLCE)
“Down Woodward”: A Case Study of Empowering Youth to See and Disrupt Segregation Using Photovoice Methods
Journal of Adolescent Research, 2020
This case study examined how the Michigan Youth Policy Fellows program—which aimed to create a sp... more This case study examined how the Michigan Youth Policy Fellows program—which aimed to create a space for a team of adolescents to engage in a collaborative photovoice project with peers from diverse backgrounds—empowered young people to critically analyze and interrupt racial segregation. The study describes how nine racially and socioeconomically diverse adolescent girls and boys (14–17 years old), from the inner city and suburbs of Detroit, collectively evaluated the cultural, economic, and racial markers of differences found along one of the region’s thoroughfares, Woodward Avenue. The case study used multiple sources of data, collected over 8 years from 2006 to 2014, and a hybrid inductive-deductive analysis approach to examine the process of youth empowerment. The collaborative nature of the photovoice tour helped youth move from critical self-reflection of lived experiences to a collective understanding of segregation and inequality in the metropolitan region. The findings als...
Queensland Review, 2017
What are some strategies for preparing adults as allies to young people striving for social justi... more What are some strategies for preparing adults as allies to young people striving for social justice in metropolitan areas that are becoming more segregated and more diverse? This question is especially important at a time when young people are aware of segregation, and want to communicate and collaborate with others who are different from themselves, across the boundaries that segregate them. Some adults successfully support and engage with youth as adult allies. Many adults are, however, conditioned to position youth in secondary roles, and would benefit from more information about how to successfully engage with young people as allies. This article analyses the efforts of adults like these, drawing upon work in metropolitan Detroit, an area that is among the most segregated in the United States, and that also has small pockets of diversity. It views adults as allies in their broader context, identifies exemplars of practice and discusses the lessons learned from empirically based ...
Strengthening the Scholarship of Engagement
Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, Dec 12, 2013
Should your college or university have a strategy for strengthening the scholarship of engagement... more Should your college or university have a strategy for strengthening the scholarship of engagement? If so, what should it be? This question arises at a time when levels of civic engagement are inconsistent, when higher education and engaged scholarship have potential for addressing the situation, and when new civic engagement and community learning centers are arising on campuses and, in some cases, on a "road half traveled." This essay addresses this question and some of the issues it raises. It assumes that civic engagement is a core purpose of higher education, and that engaged scholarship can contribute to its answer. It places emphasis on student learning, faculty engagement, and institutional change. These are not the only elements of a larger strategy, but they are among the most important ones.
Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement, 2015
If research were a form of community-building, what would it be? This article addresses this ques... more If research were a form of community-building, what would it be? This article addresses this question, as well as some of the personal, professional and institutional issues that it raises for me, as a community worker and university professor. It draws upon a program in a metropolitan area that is simultaneously segregated and diverse, and examines ways of defining the problem, gathering the information and using the results – all the while working with community partners, without whom the work would not be.Keywords: Research, community-building, university-community collaboration
Six Empowerment Strategies for Low–Income Communities
National Civic Review, 1987
Revitalizing an urban neighborhood: A st. louis case study
National Civic Review, 1984
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Books/Libros by Barry Checkoway
Índice de capítulos: Acción comunitaria e intervención socioeducativa en un mundo globalizado • La participación comunitaria en una democracia social y culturalmente diversa: construir comunidad en un barrio israelí • Animación sociocultural en el trabajo comunitario en Finlandia • Hablando por sí mismos: evaluación juvenil multicultural y participativa • Animación cultural e intervención comunitaria: dos experiencias en Brasil • Capital social y organización comunitaria con inmigrantes de bajos ingresos en Chelsea, Massachussets, EE.UU. • La práctica del teatro-fórum. El grupo comunitario Marias do Brasil • El movimiento juvenil y la justicia social y económica: bases conceptuales y filosóficas para la investigación y la práctica."
Papers by Barry Checkoway