Community Care & Participatory Research AUTHOR:Jacques Alary TRANSLATOR: Susan Usher ISBN: 0921833245 270 PAGES $19.95 CDN $15.95 US FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S AWARD FOR TRANSLATION ABOUT THE BOOK: A new perspective on the role of social work professionals and government institutions in the '90s, the pieces presented here examine the possible collaborative roles available to social work professionals who wish to promote personal autonomy and community self-reliance. As the 1990s begin, we see massive cuts in funding to social services and a concurrent re-emergence of a self-sufficiency that sees individuals within communities, motivated by their personal desires for autonomy, joining forces and effecting change from within. No longer is the state and its institutions automatically called upon to intervene and deal with social problems. In this new climate of change, it is imperative for social work professionals to re-examine and redefine their roles. The action or participatory research paradigm offered in this volume offers them new tools to help individuals and communities help themselves. With the exception of Jean Panet-Raymond's Community Action, published in translation, very little of Québec social work theory has found its way to English audiences. But the Québec experience contributes an important new perspective to the work being done in North America.   REVIEWS: The Governor General's Award jury said of this book: "An outstanding accurate translation that altogether faithfully presents the content of the original. The translator's lucid style renders the work accessible not only to specialists but to the interested general reader."