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COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY
In Pursuit of Liberation and Well-Being
Geoffrey Nelson and Isaac Prilleltensky
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From Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date: Jan 2005
608 pages
Size 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description
This is the first up-to-date text written specifically for the international market on psychology in the community. Community Psychology covers the history and foundations of the field, key concepts and values, community research, community action, and the application of psychology in various settings, integrating the values/politics and scientific/research aspects of community work. Written by experienced authors in the field, this text will be internationally invaluable.

Author Bio
Both Geoffrey Nelson and Isaac Prilleltensky have served as Program Director of a major graduate training program in community psychology in Canada.

Table of contents
PART ONE: 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 TWO: VALUES, PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTUAL TOOLS * The Values of Community Psychology * Ecology, Prevention and Promotion * Power and Community Accountability, Commitment and Inclusion * PART THREE: TOOLS FOR ACTION * An Overview of Community Psychology * Interventions * Social Interventions * Organizational and Community Interventions * Small Group and Individual Interventions * PART FOUR: TOOLS FOR RESEARCH * The Foundations of Community Research * Community Research Methods: Post-Positivist and Social Constructivist Paradigms * Community Research Methods: Critical Paradigm * PART FIVE: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER: ADDRESSING THE ISSUES * Marginalization; C.Kagan & M.Burton * Globalization, Poverty and Social Justice; T.Sloan * Colonization and Racism; M.Glover, P.Dudgeon & I.Huygens * Immigration and Adaption: Confronting the Challenges of Cultural Diversity; C.Sonn & A.Fisher * Gender, Power and Community Psychology; H.Gridley & C.Turner * A Journey Towards Liberation; G.W.Harper Ableism; G.W.White * Creating New Possibilities for Promoting Liberation, Well-being and Recovery; B.Kloos * Disadvantaged Children and Families; L.Peirson * Environmental Degradation and Ecologically Minded Alternatives; E.Bennett * PART SIX: LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE * Between Person and Society: Community Psychology's Vogage into Complexity; M.Montero


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