This accessible textbook draws upon progressions in academic, political
and global arenas, to provide a comprehensive overview of practical
issues in psychological work across a diverse range of community
settings.
Interest in community psychology, and its potential as a distinctive
approach, is growing and evolving in parallel with societal and policy
changes. Thoroughly revised and updated, this new edition covers crucial
issues including decolonial approaches, migration, social justice, and
the environmental crisis. It has a new chapter on archive research,
working with data, policy analysis and development, to reflect the
continuously developing global nature of community psychology. Key
features include:
- Sections and chapters organised around thinking, acting and reflecting
- Case examples and reflections of community psychology in action
- Discussion points and ideas for exercises that can be undertaken by
the reader, in order to extend critical understanding
Aiming to provide readers with not only the theories, values and
principles of community psychology, but also with the practical guidance
that will underpin their community psychological work, this is the ideal
resource for any student of community, social, and clinical psychology,
social work, community practice, and people working in community-based
professions and applied settings.
