Topics in Applied Psychology- Community Psychology Action

This book makes the case for community psychology as a responsive tool for social justice and liberation. Using insights from both academia and professional practice, this book articulates key community psychology principles, practices and values and their role across ‘psy’ and related professions. Pulling together a range of responses to local and global challenges across different community settings,this book makes the case for community psychology as a responsive tool for social justice and liberation.Using insights from both academia and professional practice, this book articulates key community psychologyprinciples, practices and values and their role across “psy” and related professions. It draws on casestudies from both the global north and south to show innovative ways in which communities have collectivelytaken action to demonstrate resistance and resilience, and describes creative psychological researchmethods that can be used to better understand and respond to the needs of communities. In so doing, itdemonstrates the value of psychology, which is both embedded within and reflective of its local communityand challenges, and extends our understanding of what psychology is, how it is produced and to whom itbelongs. Each chapter is supported by teaching and learning activities, including reflective exercises, discussionquestions, embodied activities, stakeholder assessments, case study formulations and presentations.Demonstrating how community psychology can support activities with local community membersthrough meaningful examples of community action embedded in research, this is the ideal resource forpsychology students. It may also interest professionals working in related fields, including clinical psychology,counselling psychology, health psychology, social psychology, social work and youth work.