| Cultures, Communities, Competence, and Change 2001 Edition Contributor(s): Tyler, Forrest B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0306464977 ISBN-13: 9780306464973 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2001 Annotation: Cultures, Communities, Competence, and Change provides a transcultural psychosocial conception of the nature of individual and social activity. The author presents an integrated view of how people develop a psychosocially-based awareness of themselves and their milieus to shape what he refers to as their internested' social systems. In so doing he challenges current deficit/prevention emphases in the helping disciplines and promotes a constructive, prosocial model of individual and social approaches to change. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Social Psychology - Social Science - Psychology | Clinical Psychology |
| Dewey: 150.1 |
| LCCN: 00047987 |
| Series: The Springer Social Clinical Psychology |
| Physical Information: 1.57" H x 6.94" W x 8.66" (1.97 lbs) 481 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Cultures, Communities, Competence, and Change provides a transcultural psychosocial conception of the nature of individual and social activity. The author presents an integrated view of how people develop a psychosocially-based awareness of themselves and their milieus to shape what he refers to as their internested' social systems. In so doing he challenges current deficit/prevention emphases in the helping disciplines and promotes a constructive, prosocial model of individual and social approaches to change. |