Table of contents

PART I: 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 II: VALUES, PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTUAL TOOLS
Values for Community Psychology
Ecology, Prevention and Promotion
Community and Power
Commitment, Accountability and Inclusion

PART III: TOOLS FOR ACTION
An Overview of Community Psychology Interventions
Social Interventions
Organizational and Community Interventions
Small Group and Individual Interventions

PART IV: TOOLS FOR RESEARCH
The Foundations of Community Research
Community Research Methods: Post-positivist and Social Constructivist Paradigms
Community Research Methods: Transformative Paradigm

PART V: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER: ADDRESSING THE ISSUES
Marginalisation; C.Kagan & M.Burton
Globalisation, Poverty and Social Justice; T.Sloan
Colonization and Racism; M.Glover, P.Dudgeon & I.Huygens
Immigration and Adaptation: Confronting the Challenges of Cultural Diversity; C.Sonn & A.Fisher
Gender, Power and Community Psychology; H. Gridley and C.Turner
A Journey Towards Liberation: Confronting Heterosexism and the Oppression of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered People; G. Harper
Ableism; G. White
Creating New Possibilities for Promoting Liberation, Well-being and Recovery; B. Kloos
Disadvantaged Children and Families; L. Peirson
Community Psychology, the Natural Environment, and Global Climate Change; M. Riemer

PART VI: LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE
Between Person and Society: Community Psychology's Voyage into Complexity; M. Montero

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