Cultures, Communities, Competence, and Change |
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| Author:
| Tyler, Forrest B. |
| Series title: | The Plenum Series in Social/Clinical Psychology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-306-46497-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2001 |
| Publisher: | Springer Netherlands
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $471.95 |
Book Description:
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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...
More DescriptionCultures, 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.