Title Processes of community change and social action / edited by Allen M. Omoto

Published Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 203 pages) : illustrations Series Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology Series Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology Series Contents Table of Contents; Preface; Understanding Social Change: Introduction to the Volume; 1 Some Things Social Surveys Don't Tell Us About Volunteering; 2 Feeling Good by Doing Good: Health Consequences of Social Service; 3 Public Health, Race, and the AIDS Movement: The Profile and Consequences of Latino Gay Men's Community Involvement; 4 Becoming (and Remaining) a Community Volunteer: Does Personality Matter?; 5 Psychological Sense of Community: Conceptual Issues and Connections to Volunteerism-Related Activism 6 A Benefit-and-Cost Approach to Understanding Social Participation and Volunteerism in Multilevel Organizations7 Social Capital in Democratic Transition: Civil Society in South Africa; 8 Social Participation and Social Trust in Adolescence: The Importance of Heterogeneous Encounters; 9 Designing Interventions to Promote Civic Engagement; About the Contributors; Name Index; Subject Index Summary This volume--an outgrowth of the annual meeting of the Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology--focuses on examples of social change and community action, and the processes at work in creating change. The presenters engaged each other and the audience in thinking about how best to create and sustain social change. This volume represents a product of their cumulative insight, research results, and perspectives, including chapters from each of the symposium presenters, as well as a few selected chapters from other noted scholars. Taken as a whole, the volume is highly accessible and pre Notes "Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes English Print version record Subject Voluntarism -- Congresses Social action -- Congresses Political socialization -- Congresses Civil society -- Congresses SELF-HELP -- Personal Growth -- Success. Civil society Political socialization Social action Voluntarism Genre/Form Electronic book Conference papers and proceedings Form Electronic book Author Omoto, Allen Martin LC no. 2004056396 ISBN 1410612988 9781410612984 0805843930 9780805843934 0805843949 9780805843941 1282326678 9781282326675 9786612326677 6612326670

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