Beschreibung:
This comprehensive handbook, the first in its field, brings together 106 different contributors. The 38 interrelated but at the same time independent chapters discuss key areas including conceptual frameworks; empirically grounded constructs; intervention strategies and tactics; social systems; designs, assessment, and analysis; cross-cutting professional issues; and contemporary intersections with related fields such as violence prevention and HIV/AIDS.
Over 100 contributing authors with impressive academic stature provide a comprehensive, clear, and understandable review of various topics, allowing the reader convenient access to a state-of-the-art overview of community psychology research.
From the Contents:Preface.- Section I: Editors' Introduction - Concepts, Frameworks, Stories and Maps.- Section II: Editors' Introduction - People in Context: Empirically Grounded Constructs.- Section III: Editors' Introduction - Intervention Strategies and Tactics.- Section IV: Editors' Introduction Social Systems.- Section V: Editors' Introduction Design, Assessment and Analytic Methods.- Section VI: Editors' Introduction Cross-Cutting Perspectives and Professional Issues.- Section VII: Editors' Introduction Contemporary Intersections with Community Psychology.