The 2nd edition of this successful textbook introduces the history and valuesof community psychology, showing how research can be applied to a range of social issues. Critical commentaries, international examples on how community psychology promotes social justice and sophisticated theoretical ideas in a student-friendly style. INDICE: PART I: CONTEXT AND OVERVIEW - Community Psychology: Journeys in the Global Context - The Project of Community Psychology: Issues, Values and Tools for Liberation and Well-Being - PART II: VALUES, PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTUALTOOLS - Values for Community Psychology - Ecology, Prevention and Promotion -Community and Power - Commitment, Accountability and Inclusion - PART III: TOOLS FOR ACTION - An Overview of Community Psychology Interventions - Social Interventions - Organizational and Community Interventions - Small Group and Individual Interventions - PART IV: TOOLS FOR RESEARCH - The Foundations of Community Research - Community Research Methods: Post-positivist and Social Constructivist Paradigms - Community Research Methods: Transformative Paradigm - PARTV: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER: ADDRESSING THE ISSUES - Marginalisation; C.Kagan M.Burton - Globalisation, Poverty and Social Justice; T.Sloan - Colonization and Racism; M.Glover, P.Dudgeon I.Huygens - Immigration and Adaptation: Confronting the Challenges of Cultural Diversity; C.Sonn A.Fisher - Gender, Power andCommunity Psychology; H. Gridley and C.Turner - A Journey Towards Liberation:Confronting Heterosexism and the Oppression of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered People; G. Harper - Ableism; G. White - Creating New Possibilities for Promoting Liberation, Well-being and Recovery; B. Kloos - Disadvantaged Children and Families; L. Peirson - Community Psychology, the Natural Environment, and Global Climate Change; M. Riemer - PART VI: LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE- Between Person and Society: Community Psychology's Voyage into Complexity; M. Montero
- ISBN: 978-0-230-21995-3
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 640
- Fecha Publicación: 17/02/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés