New: “The Wrong Side of Privilege.” Advocacy, Community, and Politics: The Collected Essays of Stephen J. Parks, 2000-2020

Hi Folks,

I’m pleased to share the news that a new book has been added to the WAC Clearinghouse (https://wac.colostate.edu). This book appears in the Practices & Possibilities book series, which is edited by Aimee McClure, Kelly Ritter, Aleashia Walton, and Jagadish Paudel.

"The Wrong Side of Privilege." Advocacy, Community, and Politics: The Collected Essays of Stephen J. Parks, 2000-2020

By Stephen J. Parks

“The Wrong Side of Privilege” explores the historical development of community partnership frameworks in composition and rhetoric. It begins by situating partnership work within the political and cultural frameworks of the late 20th and early 21st century, including the rise of the conservative right and neoliberal economic policies. Following this introduction, Stephen J. Parks presents a series of essays which provides case studies of what “political work” implied during this period. The essays move in focus from local community contexts, such a neighborhood struggle against gentrification, to global contexts, such as the Syrian conflict and the larger Arab Spring. These essays engage with the leading scholars of community partnership work, such as Eli Goldblatt, Ellen Cushman, Linda Flower, and Paula Mathieu. The book concludes with a dialogue between the author and two global democratic advocates, Eli Goldblatt and Srdja Popović, on the necessity of public work in the face of declining global governance.

You can find the book at https://wac.colostate.edu/books/practice/wrong/. This book, like other books published by the Clearinghouse, will be available in a print edition from University Press of Colorado in the coming months. Thanks to Stephen for his work on the book and for his decision to share it with us as an open-access publication. Thanks as well to the anonymous peer reviewers who contributed to its development.

All the best,

Mike

Mike Palmquist

Publisher, The WAC Clearinghouse

https://wac.colostate.edu