Collaborations for Social Justice: Professionals, Publics and Policy Change (book)

This edited collection explains the importance of community empowerment
in advancing public policy, and gives examples of how professionals
have successfully mobilized the public in the past. Written primarily
for students, academics, and lawyers, this book also attempts to bridge
the widely publicized gap between professional advocates and grassroots
organizations. The authors hope to demonstrate two basic principles:
that the democratization of research and specialized practice enables
the production of new insights; and that professionals' participation
in the process of empowerment of low-income communities is
transformative in ways that are enriching both professionally and
personally.