| Description |
xxiv, 456 pages : illustrations |
| Series |
MyiLibrary
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| Contents |
Part I. The background to community psychology and what it stands for -- 1. Challenging psychology over its neglect of the social -- 2. Community psychology's core values: empowerment, liberation, and social justice -- 3. The debate over knowledge in community psychology --Part II. Understanding inequality and its effects on health -- 4. Social position and inequalities in health -- 5. Place and its influence on health and well-being -- 6. Two concepts for understanding inequalities by position and place -- Part III. The experience of disempowerment: seven examples -- 7. Disempowerment by war, immigration, homelessness, or unemployment -- 8. Disempowered because of income, gender, or sexual orientation -- Part IV. Community psychology action: from support to liberation -- 9. Strengthening social support for members of disempowered groups -- 10. Social action and innovation -- 11. Empowering communities -- 12. Participation and liberation -- Finale. Consensus and challenge |
| Summary |
"Community Psychology: Challenges, Controversies and Emerging Consensus covers concepts and practices that range from those that derive from the more radical critical and liberatory approaches to the subject to those from health and applied social psychology. The book engages with a number of controversies such as conflicting ideas about appropriate sources of knowledge, what is meant by social position and its relationship with health, and the perceived value to the field of the concept of social capital. Community Psychology: Challenges, Controversies and Emerging Consensus offers readers a path through such controversies and seeks to reconcile the different approaches within the field." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Electronic version is available via MyiLibrary |
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web |
| Subject |
Community psychology.
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Community Psychiatry.
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Minority Groups -- psychology.
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Psychology, Social.
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Social Environment.
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Socioeconomic Factors.
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| LC no. |
2007039320 |
| ISBN |
9780470855935 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780470855942 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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