{"product_id":"critical-community-psychology-paperback-softback-9781405188845","title":"Critical Community Psychology (Paperback \/ softback) 9781405188845","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCritical Community Psychology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCarolyn Kagan (Author), Mark R. Burton (Author), Paul Duckett (Author), Rebecca Lawthom (Author), Asiya Siddiquee (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405188845, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 April 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e400 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 18.8 x 2 cm, 0.839 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eInterest in community psychology, and its potential has grown in parallel with changes in welfare and governmental priorities. Critical Community Psychology provides students of different community based professions, working in a range of applied settings, at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, with a text which will underpin their community psychological work.  \u003cp\u003eKey Features:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e· Clear learning objectives and chapter contents outlined at the start of each chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e· Key terms highlighted with definitions, either as marginal notes or in chapter glossaries.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e· Case examples of community psychology in action.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e· Each chapter ends with a critical assessment section .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e· Discussion points and ideas for exercises that can be undertaken by the reader, in order to extend critical understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e· Lists of further resources - e.g. reading, film, electronic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e· Authors are members of the largest community psychology departmental team in Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCritical community psychology in Manchester 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy Manchester? 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLearning through action and action through learning 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAction learning 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAction research 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage, discourse and representation 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat do we mean by ‘critical’? 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrientation to the book 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I: THINK! 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 What is critical community psychology? 17\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe nature and origins of community psychology 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefinitions 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe emergence of community psychology in different parts of the world 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey themes in critical community psychology 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCore values underpinning a critical community psychology 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial justice 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStewardship 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunity 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Core elements of a critical community psychology 41\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElements of critical community psychology 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ecological metaphor 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe systems perspective 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMultiple levels of analysis 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe person-in-context 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorking together 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrefigurative action 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCore principles underlying a critical community psychology 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiversity 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInnovation 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiberation 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommitment 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCritical reflection 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHumility 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 The contested nature of community 69\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is community? 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheory descriptions of community 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions of community: Sentiment, social structure and space 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSentiment 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpace 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial structure 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMulti-dimensional communities 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial exclusion 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Community as social ties 89\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial ties 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAffection 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterdependence 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoercion 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheory prescriptions for community 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTies of affection and co-operation: Community as social capital 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTies of coercion: Community as ghetto 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial boundaries: benign or benevolent? 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunity and social policy 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNature of participation 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCritical disruption of Think! 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCritically disrupting the challenge to individualism 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCritically disrupting our history of community psychology 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResources for Part I 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II: ACT! 121\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Problem definition 123\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial issues 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeed 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePositionality and problem defi nition 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhose need? 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting to know the community 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunity audit 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunity profi ling 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUse of statistics 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObservation 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunity walks 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking contact and gaining entry in the community 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblem situations as human systems 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStakeholders and stakeholder analyses 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Action planning 155\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDecision making 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStakeholder analysis and action planning 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBoundary critique: towards value-based decision making 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFourth generation evaluation 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParticipatory appraisal of needs and development of action 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForce field analysis 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOption appraisal 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompromise 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVisioning 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMixing methods 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComplex decision making: Polarity management 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Action 1: Furtherance of critical consciousness and creation of new forms of social settings 183\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAction for change 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrategies of critical community psychological action 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurtherance of critical consciousness (conscientisation) 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblematisation 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExperiential learning 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Capacitation’ 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeideologisation 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCreation of new forms of social relations and settings 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMulti-dimensional nature of social situations 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBehaviour settings 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew or alternative social settings 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe radical nature of alternative social settings 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Action 2: Development of alliances, and accompaniment, advocacy and analysis of policy 209\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking links, the development of alliances and counter systems 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProcesses of making links and working together 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunities of interest or communities of practice 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlliances and coalitions 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePartnerships 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorking at the ecological edge 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlliances, new social settings and connecting with social movements 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccompaniment, advocacy and analysis of policy 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccompaniment 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdvocacy 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnalysis of policy 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCritical disruption of Act! 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChronic uncertainty 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWork ethic 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResources for Part II 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III: REFLECT! 249\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Evaluation 251\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePurpose of evaluation 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrinciples of evaluation 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvaluation frameworks 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitics of evaluation 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is to be evaluated? 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Theory of change’ perspectives on evaluation 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRealistic or realist perspectives on evaluation 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCapacity building for evaluation 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParticipation and evaluation 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParticipation and empowerment in evaluation 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResistance to involvement as a barrier to participation in evaluation 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSkills for evaluation 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Change, influence and power 279\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe nature of social change 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncremental or radical change 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLinear and non-linear change 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStage approaches to change 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrategic change 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResistance to change 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAction research as change 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial movements, power and ideology 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial influence 292\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial change tactics 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial power, powerlessness and empowerment 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaxonomy of power 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe social structure of social power 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePower analysis 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Roles, skills and refl ections on learning for community psychologists 303\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRoles for facilitating change 304\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFacilitation roles 304\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEducational roles 304\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRepresentational roles 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechnical roles 306\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSkills for facilitating change 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterpersonal communication skills 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial problem solving skills 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrganisation skills 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResearch skills 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe context of community psychological action 310\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReflexivity as part of practice 314\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConstraints on working as a community psychologist and spaces for resistance 316\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEthical issues 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRisk 320\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePower (again) 322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrefigurative learning 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe case for and against community psychology 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunity psychology as oppression or liberation 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCritical disruption of Reflect! 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvaluation and the audit culture 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuditing skills 331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCritical disruption of critical reflection 333\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResources for Part III 335\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Critical disruption: Does critical community psychology have an adequate praxis? 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