Principles of Community Psychology
Perspectives and Applications
3rd Edition
Published on 12. August 2004
Book
Hardback
562 pages
978-0-19-514417-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book is a revision of a successful community psychology text. It uses an ecological perspective to integrate theory, research and practice across the diverse subject matter of community mental health and community psychology. The authors have retained the basic architecture of the book, but the thoery chapters have been rewritten to reduce jargon and other chapters have been changed to improve clarity. All examples and issues in the book have been revised to bring them up to date.
Reviews / Votes
"Prior to this edition, this book was unrivaled for its scope and depth of the obvious and not-so-obvious psychological implications of what American communities are: what problems they face, how they do and do not change.This edition makes clearer than previous editions that this is more than a book about the American community. It is about America."--from the foreword by Seymour B. Sarason"Prior to this edition, this book was unrivaled for its scope and depth of the obvious and not-so-obvious psychological implications of what American communities are: what problems they face, how they do and do not change.This edition makes clearer than previous editions that this is more than a book about the American community. It is about America." --from the foreword by Seymour B. Sarason
More details
Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
numerous text boxes
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
1001 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-514417-8 (9780195144178)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Murray Levine
Principles of Community Psychology
Book
09/1996
2nd Edition
Oxford University Press Inc
€55.71
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Persons
Murray Levine is Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York. Douglas D. Perkins is Associate Professor of Human and Organizational Development at Vanderbilt University. David V. Perkins is Professor of Psychology at Ball State University.
Content
Preface ; Life is a Soap Opera ; The Origins of Community Psychology ; A Conceptual Road Map of Community Psychology ; The Ecological Analogy ; Five Psychological Conceptions of the Environment ; Labelling Theory: An Alternative to the Illness Model ; Adaption, Crisis, Coping, and Support ; Prevention ; Self-Help Groups ; The Problem of Change ; School Desegregation: A Societal Level Intervention ; Community Development and Socaial Action in Community ; Science Ethic, and the Future of Community Psychology