Written in a highly engaging style, Community Psychology provides students with an introduction to the history, values and conceptual, intervention, and research tools of community psychology and illustrates how these values and tools can be applied to a wide range of social issues. Critical perspectives and international examples are provided by authors from around the world on how community psychology can aid in the liberation of oppressed groups and promote social justice and well-being.

PART ONE: CONTEXT AND OVERVIEW
Community Psychology: Journeys in the Global Context
The Project of Community Psychology: Issues, Values and Tools for Liberation and Well-Being
PART TWO: VALUES, PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTUAL TOOLS
The Values of Community Psychology
Ecology, Prevention and Promotion
Power and Community
Accountability, Commitment and Inclusion
PART THREE: TOOLS FOR ACTION
An Overview of Community Psychology Interventions
Social Interventions
Organizational and Community Interventions
Small Group and Individual Interventions
PART FOUR: TOOLS FOR RESEARCH
The Foundations of Community Research
Community Research Methods: Post-Positivist and Social Constructivist Paradigms
Community Research Methods: Critical Paradigm
PART FIVE: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER: ADDRESSING THE ISSUES
Marginalization; C.Kagan & M.Burton
Globalization, Poverty and Social Justice; T.Sloan
Colonization and Racism; M.Glover, P.Dudgeon & I.Huygens
Immigration and Adaption: Confronting the Challenges of Cultural Diversity; C.Sonn & A.Fisher
Gender, Power and Community Psychology; H.Gridley & C.Turner
A Journey Towards Liberation; G.W.Harper
Ableism; G.W.White
Creating New Possibilities for Promoting Liberation, Well-being and Recovery; B.Kloos
Disadvantaged Children and Families; L.Peirson
Environmental Degradation and Ecologically Minded Alternatives; E.Bennett
PART SIX: LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE
Between Person and Society: Community Psychology's Vogage into Complexity; M.Montero

GEOFFREY NELSON AND ISAAC PRILLELTENSKY have considerable experience in the teaching, research and practice of community psychology; both have directed well-respected programs in community psychology in Canada, Australia and the United States.