Community Psychology: Theory and Practice

by Jim Orford

Book Overview

Community Psychology Theory and Practice Jim Orford, University of Exeter, UK Community psychology is a comparatively new area within psychology. Its perspective is that people and their problems can only be understood by considering the social settings and systems of which they are part and with which they interact continuously over time. These include not only micro-systems of family, work and leisure groups, but also higher-order systems from neighbourhood...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 047191147X
• ISBN13: 9780471911470
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 302 Pages