TY - BOOK AU - Kagan,Carolyn AU - Burton,Mark AU - Duckett,Paul AU - Lawthom,Rebecca AU - Siddiquee,Asiya TI - Critical community psychology: critical action and social change AV - RA790.55 2020 U1 - 362.19689 C86 23 PY - 2020/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Community psychology KW - Critical care medicine KW - Critical Care N1 - Previous edition: Chichester: Wiley, 2011; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction PART I: THINK! What is critical community psychology? Core elements of a critical community psychology. The contested nature of community as social ties PART II: ACT! Problem definition Action planning Action 1: furtherance of critical consciousness and creation of new forms of social settings Action 2: Development of alliances, and accompaniment, advocacy and analysis of policy Action 3: Archive research, policy analysis and development PART III: REFLECT! Evaluation Change, influence and power Roles, skills and reflections on learning for community psychologists Critical disruption: Does critical community psychology have an adequate praxis?; CAS; Bachelor of Science in Psychology N2 - This accessible textbook draws upon progressions in academic, political and global arenas, to provide a comprehensive overview of practical issues in psychological work across a diverse range of community settings. Interest in community psychology, and its potential as a distinctive approach, is growing and evolving in parallel with societal and policy changes. Thoroughly revised and updated, this new edition covers crucial issues including decolonial approaches, migration, social justice, and the environmental crisis. It has a new chapter on archive research, working with data, policy analysis and development, to reflect the continuously developing global nature of community psychology. Key features include: Sections and chapters organised around thinking, acting and reflecting Case examples and reflections of community psychology in action Discussion points and ideas for exercises that can be undertaken by the reader, in order to extend critical understanding Aiming to provide readers with not only the theories, values and principles of community psychology, but also with the practical guidance that will underpin their community psychological work, this is the ideal resource for any student of community, social, and clinical psychology, social work, community practice, and people working in community-based professions and applied settings ER -