{"product_id":"critical-community-psychology-isbn-9781405188845","title":"Critical Community Psychology","description":"Interest 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 \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? 337\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA new context: extreme and globalised oppression 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRethinking the amelioration–transformation distinction 341\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 369\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarolyn Kagan, Paul Duckett, Rebecca Lawthom\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eAsiya Siddiquee\u003c\/b\u003e are all based in the Department of Psychology and the Research Institute for Health and Social Change at Manchester Metropolitan University. \u003cb\u003eMark Burton\u003c\/b\u003e has a visiting position with Manchester Metropolitan University and is a manager in health and social services in Manchester.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"At last, an exciting new textbook on community psychology that is informed by contemporary debates within critical psychology. It provides a refreshing and well-written overview of both theoretical and practical issues around psychological work in a range of community settings. Filled with examples and reflections on practice drawn from years of experience, the book is a modern handbook for community scholar-activists.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichael Murray,\u003c\/b\u003e Professor of Social \u0026amp; Health Psychology, Keele University  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Psychology – and psychologists – are all too often disengaged from the very real challenges facing modern societies. This book provides a timely and powerful nudge to contribute our various skills and approaches to improve and enhance local and global communities. It deserves to be widely read by students and professionals alike.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eRoger Ingham,\u003c\/b\u003e Professor of Health and Community Psychology, University of Southampton  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"This important new book encapsulates an enormous range of helpful concepts and practical tools within the field of community psychology that link local action with more ambitious social and political change. It draws on a wealth of shared experience in critical community psychology praxis and is an essential resource for all community based professionals working with excluded or marginalised communities.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eSteve Melluish,\u003c\/b\u003e University of Leicester   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommunity psychology is continuously developing in various parts of the world. Interest in community psychology, and its potential as a distinct approach, is growing and evolving in parallel with social development, changes in welfare and governmental priorities.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCritical Community Psychology\u003c\/i\u003e is the work of a group of academic community psychologists with many years of experience working, teaching and thinking together. They have developed a clear and effective method for bringing together the theory and practice of community psychology, which has become firmly grounded in time and place. This book aims to provide students of different community-based professions, working in a range of applied settings, with not only the theories, values and principles of community psychology, but also with the practical guidance that will underpin their community psychological work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHighlights include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e Clear learning objectives, highlighting the theoretical content, research issues and practice dilemmas to be covered.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Case examples of community psychology in action, including critical questions to encourage reflection and reflexivity on the part of the reader.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Activity questions focusing on both theoretical and practical issues to be used as both class exercises and independent study.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e A distinctive approach that questions many of the assumptions and approaches of mainstream psychological approaches.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis book would be attractive to undergraduate and postgraduate students and practitioners of community psychology world-wide, as well as students and practitioners of other forms of applied or professional psychology and different community practices. 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