Community Psychology: Linking Individuals and Communities - Hardcover

Dalton, James H.; Elias, Maurice J.; Wandersman, Abraham

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0534161286 ISBN 13: 9780534161286

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2000

Synopsis

Dalton, Elias, and Wandersman have answered the challenge of taking an abstract, theoretical topic and making it lively and understandable with concrete examples so students can understand the concepts and be excited. The authors do this through consistent pedagogy across the book, and most importantly, create opportunities for students to practice applying these concepts, bringing them alive for students. After introducing community psychology and its history, the authors describe methods of community research, and discuss how to understand communities from the perspectives of ecological diversity, sense of community, coping, and social support. The focus then shift to community programs and actions: preventing problem behavior and promoting social competence, citizen participation, organizing for community an social change, and program evaluation and development.

About this title

About the Author:

Jim Dalton is Professor of Psychology at Bloomsburg University and is in charge of the undergraduate curriculum clearinghouse for community psychology for the Society for Research in Community Psychology. He holds a bachelor's degree from King College in Tennessee and a Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut.

Review:

"Readers can take these ideas and use them for their personal contributions to their own communities."

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0534161286
• ISBN 13: 9780534161286
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 512