Carolyn Kagan, Mark Burton, Paul Duckett

Critical Community Psychology

Critical Action and Social Change

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Produktbeschreibung

This accessible textbook provides an overview of theoretical and practical issues around psychological work in a range of community settings. This is the ideal resource for students of different community based professions, working in a range of applied settings, at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 458
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 257mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 1132g
• ISBN-13: 9781138364059
• ISBN-10: 1138364053
• Artikelnr.: 58052432

Autorenporträt

Carolyn Kagan is a Professor Emerita Community Social Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University. Having retired from the university she now works as a scholar activist on local participation and community development projects and on climate/economic/social justice policies at the regional level, through the collective, Steady State Manchester. @CarolynKagan Mark Burton is a scholar-activist, working on a variety of environmental, economic and political issues. Among other activity he is part of the Steady State Manchester collective which explores and promotes a post-growth approach to economy and society in the city-regional context. For many years he worked as a psychologist and manager in health and social care services. @MarkHBurton Paul Duckett is an academic community psychologist at Central Queensland University, Australia. He works in the fields of disability and mental health and has worked alongside disabled people including people with mental health difficulties and people with learning difficulties since 1988. He has a YouTube channel where he posts videos on topics and issues relevant to Critical Community Psychology - just search for Paul Duckett. Rebecca Lawthom is Professor of Community Psychology in the Faculty of Health, Psychology and Social Care at Manchester Metropolitan University. She co-directs the Research and Knowledge Exchange Centre entitled Health, Psychology and Communities. Her research embraces creative, participatory methods. @rebeccalawthom Asiya Siddiquee is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her research has centred around wellbeing in various contexts - digital technologies, refugee women and arts for health. Working with mixed methods research, her future aspirations are to explore issues regarding equality, social justice and cultural diversity.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
PART I: THINK!
2. What is critical community psychology?
3. Core elements of a critical community psychology
4. The contested nature of community
5. Community as social ties
PART II: ACT!
6. Problem definition
7. Action planning
8. Action 1: furtherance of critical consciousness and creation of new
forms of social settings
9. Action 2: Development of alliances, and accompaniment, advocacy and
analysis of policy
10. Action 3: Archive research, policy analysis and development
PART III: REFLECT!
11. Evaluation
12. Change, influence and power
13. Roles, skills and reflections on learning for community psychologists
14. Critical disruption: Does critical community psychology have an
adequate praxis?