Empowering settings and voices for social change / edited by Mark S. Aber, Kenneth I. Maton, and Edward Seidman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aber, Mark S. (Mark Stephen), 1958-

Maton, Kenneth I.

Seidman, Edward.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community psychology.

Social psychology.

Social change.

Power (Social sciences).

Physical Description:

xv, 244 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Contents:

Empowering settings and voices for social change : an introduction / Kenneth I. Maton, Edward Seidman, and Mark S. Aber

Changing social settings : a framework for action / Edward Seidman and Vivian Tseng

Empowering community settings : theory, research, and action / Kenneth I. Maton and Anne E. Brodsky

Pursuing paradox : the role of adults in creating empowering settings for youth / Reed W. Larson and Rachel M. Angus

Settings and empowerment / Edison J. Trickett

Voices from the ground up : the use of narrative in understanding recovery from serious mental illness / Deborah Salem

"I came to tell you of my life" : narrative expositions of "mental health" in an American Indian community / Joseph P. Gone

Tales of terror from juvenile justice and education / N. Dickon Reppucci, Jessica R. Meyer and Jessica Owen Kostelnik

The neglected role of community narratives in culturally anchored prevention and public policy / Hirokazu Yoshikawa and Maria A. Ramos Olazagasti

On voice : difference, power, change / J. Eric Stewart

Contradictions and consistencies : Rappaport's contributions to community psychology (1968-2007) / Irma Serrano-García

Searching for OZ : empowerment, crossing boundaries, and telling our story / Julian Rappaport.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780195380576

0195380576

OCLC:

609099711