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Developing Prosocial Communities Across Cultures - by Forrest B Tyler (Hardcover)

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  • Communities are basic vital social units that provide the contexts in which people learn to live together to their mutual benefit.
  • Author(s): Forrest B Tyler
  • 164 Pages
  • Psychology, Social Psychology

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Communities 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.

In 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.



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Skillfully combining psychological knowledge and humanitarian wisdom, Developing Prosocial Communities across Cultures 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:

  • Defining the prosocial community--core characteristics and elemental relationships.
  • Observing communities: assessing their potential for intervention, determining change objectives.
  • Thinking beyond traditional psychological/mental health approaches to community change.
  • Prosocial effects of community projects involving multiple levels of action.
  • Questscope: an extended example of community change in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Tyler's decades of experience, and the lucid perspective of Developing Prosocial Communities across Cultures, brings social and community psychologists new assurance that social programs can have greater relevance to the people and groups they serve.



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"Developing Prosocial Communities Across Cultures dares to take a step toward the daunting task of repairing communities broken down by 'antisocial' ... attitudes and behaviors. ... the beauty of this work is in its groundbreaking consideration of the complexities of individuals and their behaviors, integrated within social, economic, and political systems. ... This is an important work for students of social capital, social psychology, and community-based organizations seeking the benefits but difficulties of collective change in the form of risk reduction or community problem solving." (Tanya Telfair Sharpe, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 53 (17), April, 2008)


Dimensions (Overall): 9.21 Inches (H) x 6.14 Inches (W) x .44 Inches (D)
Weight: .94 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 164
Genre: Psychology
Sub-Genre: Social Psychology
Publisher: Springer
Format: Hardcover
Author: Forrest B Tyler
Language: English
Street Date: September 27, 2007
TCIN: 1006475217
UPC: 9780387714844
Item Number (DPCI): 247-29-0914
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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