Principles of community psychology : perspectives and applications /
Community psychology
Murray Levine and David V. Perkins.
- 2nd ed.
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
- xiv, 497 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Thoroughly revised ed.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 434-479) and indexes.
ntroduction: An Overview of Community Psychology; Origins of Community Psychology; 1. Life Is a Soap Opera; 2. The Origins of Community Psychology in the Community Mental Health Movement; Perspectives of Community Psychology; 3. A Conceptual Road Map of Community Psychology; 4. The Ecological Analogy; 5. Three Psychological Conceptions of the Environment; 6. Labeling Theory: An Alternative to the Illness Model, and Its Limitations; 7. Adapatation, Crisis, Coping, and Support; Applications of Community Psychology; 8. Prevention; 9. Self-Help Groups; 10. The Problem of Change; 11. School Desegregation: A Societal Level Interaction; 12. Social Action in Community Psychology; 13. Science, Politics, and the Ethics of Community Intervention