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Author Taylor, Donald M., author.

Title Towards constructive change in Aboriginal communities : a social psychology perspective / Donald M. Taylor and Roxane de la Sablonnière
Published Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource
Contents 1 Aboriginal People and the Canadian Psyche -- 2 Aboriginal Voices, Cultural Diversity, and Aboriginal Resilience -- 3 Colonialism's Legacy: A Litany of Community Challenges -- 4 Collective Self-Control: Towards an Understanding of Community Challenges -- 5 Cultural Identity Vacuum: The Real Impact of Colonialism -- 6 The Normative Structure of Aboriginal Communities: When 80-20 Becomes 20-80 -- 7 Towards Constructive Social Change in Aboriginal Communities: Minority Influence -- 8 Zero Tolerance -- 9 Survey Research as a Vehicle for Constructive Community Change -- 10 Towards Constructive Change in Aboriginal Communities: From Theory to Implementation
Summary The widespread failure of so many interventions in First Nations and Inuit communities across Canada requires an explanation. This book outlines how field research can be used to give a voice to First Nations and Inuit community members and serve as a platform for constructive social change
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Psychology
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Social conditions
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
Ethnopsychology
Indigenous peoples -- Social conditions
Canada
Form Electronic book
Author La Sablonnière, Roxane de, 1975- author
ISBN 9780773596573
0773596577
9780773596580
0773596585