{"product_id":"developing-prosocial-communities-across-cultures-paperback","title":"Developing Prosocial Communities Across Cultures - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eForrest B. Tyler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommunities are basic vital social units that provide the contexts in which people learn to live together to their mutual benefit. They are crucial to providing a richer and more fulfilling framework than we currently have for understanding and improving the quality of life for individuals and groups alike. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this book, the author presents a definition of a prosocial community. He identifies its elements and relevant interrelationships, and provides the available evidence in support of those conclusions. This work shows why a prosocial community is essential to the accomplishment of the goals of community psychology and its related fields as well as how to create such communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSkillfully combining psychological knowledge and humanitarian wisdom, \u003cem\u003eDeveloping Prosocial Communities across Cultures\u003c\/em\u003e shows how nurturing environments can be rooted in the common concerns of people and institutions, while giving readers the steps toward achieving this goal. Psychologist\/activist Forrest Tyler emphasizes individuals' collective responsibilities--to themselves, each other, and society--and describes a coordinated balance of discrete social changes brought about by civic action, policy changes initiated by officials, and collaboration between professionals and the community. Instructive examples from locales as varied as Colombia, Jordan, and the United States offer models from which readers can form unique, innovative solutions. And the author's multicultural\/ multiethnic approach clearly maps out the road from theoretical concepts to real-world action: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDefining the prosocial community--core characteristics and elemental relationships. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eObserving communities: assessing their potential for intervention, determining change objectives.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThinking beyond traditional psychological\/mental health approaches to community change.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProsocial effects of community projects involving multiple levels of action.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuestscope: an extended example of community change in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTyler's decades of experience, and the lucid perspective of \u003cem\u003eDeveloping Prosocial Communities across Cultures\u003c\/em\u003e, brings social and community psychologists new assurance that social programs can have greater relevance to the people and groups they serve.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 164\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47583347572957,"sku":"9781441924445","price":96.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/bSs3R3liVnFjZDhMamc2VnJuU0JjZz09.webp?v=1773595396","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/developing-prosocial-communities-across-cultures-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}