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International Community Psychology
History and Theories
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International Community
Psychology
History and Theories
Edited by
Stephanie M. Reich, Ph.D.
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California, USA
Manuel Riemer, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Isaac Prilleltensky, Ph.D.
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida, USA
Maritza Montero, Ph.D.
Universidad Central de Venezuela
Caracas, Venezuela
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Stephanie M.Reich
Department of Education
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To all the community psychologists around the world
who struggle to promote well-being and liberation from
oppressive forces
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Contents
About the Editors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
About the Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
An Introduction to the Diversity of Community
Psychology Internationally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Stephanie M.Reich,Manuel Riemer,Isaac Prilleltensky,
and Maritza Montero
THE AMERICAS
1. The History and Theories of Community
Psychology in Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Geoffrey Nelson,Francine Lavoie,and Terry Mitchell
2. History and Theory of Community Psychology:
An International Perspective of Community
Psychology in the United States:Returning to Political,
Critical,and Ecological Roots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Holly L.Angelique and Marci R.Culley
3. Latin American Community Psychology:
Development,Implications,and Challenges Within
a Social Change Agenda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Maritza Montero and Nelson Varas Díaz
4. Community Psychology in the River Plate Region
(Argentina–Uruguay). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Enrique Saforcada,Víctor Giorgi,Antonio Lapalma,
Alicia Rodríguez,Ana Gloria Ferullo,Susana Rudolf,
and Saúl Fuks
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ASIA-PACIFIC
5. So Far and Yet So Near? Community Psychology in Australia. . . . 119
Heather Gridley and Lauren J.Breen
6. Community Psychology in Aotearoa/New Zealand:
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Me Tiro Whakamuri aKiaHangai Whakamua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Neville Robertson and Bridgette Masters-Awatere
7. Historical and Theoretical Orientations of Community
Psychology Practice and Research in Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Toshiaki Sasao and Tomoyuki Yasuda
8. History and Theory of Community Psychology in India:
An International Perspective. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Sangeeta Bhatia and Nandini Sethi
9. Community Psychology in a Borrowed Place
with Borrowed Time:The Case of Hong Kong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Sheung-Tak Cheng and Winnie W.S.Mak
EUROPE AND MIDDLE EAST
10. Community Psychology in Britain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Mark Burton,Stephanie Boyle,Carl Harris,and Carolyn Kagan
11. Community Psychology Between Attitude
and Clinical Practice:The German Way. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Jarg Bergold and Mike Seckinger
12. Community Psychology in Italy:Past Developments
and Future Perspectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Donata Francescato,Caterina Arcidiacono,Cinzia Albanesi,
and Terri Mannarini
13. Community Psychology in a Scandinavian
Welfare Society:The Case of Norway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Erik Carlquist,Hilde Eileen Nafstad,and Rolv Mikkel Blakar
14. Community Psychology in Spain:Realities,
Expectations,and Desires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Antonio Martín and Jorge S.López
15. Community Psychology in Portugal:From
“Revolution”to Empowered Citizenship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Isabel Menezes,Pedro M.Teixeira,and Mariana Fidalgo
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16. Community Psychology in Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Amiram Raviv,Mira Zeira,and Keren Sharvit
17. Community Psychology in Poland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Anna Bokszczanin,Krzysztof Kaniasty,and Mal⁄gorzata Szarzyn´ska
18. Moving but Not Yet Talking:Community
Psychology in Turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Serdar M.Degirmencioglu
19. Community Psychology Initiatives in Greece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Sofia Triliva and Athanassios Marvakis
AFRICA
20. Community Psychology in South Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Arvin Bhana,Inge Petersen,and Tamsen Rochat
21. The Roots of Community Psychology in Cameroon. . . . . . . . . . . . 392
A.Bame Nsamenang,Francis Nkwenti Fru,and Melissa Asma Browne
22. History of Community Psychology in Ghana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Charity S.Akotia and Kofi B.Barimah
Conclusion:History and Theories of Community
Psychology Around the Globe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Stephanie M.Reich,Manuel Riemer,Isaac Prilleltensky,
and Maritza Montero
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
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About the Editors
Stephanie M. Reich, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Education at the
University of California, Irvine. Born in the United States of America,
Dr. Reich’s graduate education has been in community psychology, child
development, and program evaluation with a specific emphasis on quantita-
tive methods.She is the recipient of the Newbrough Award for academic writ-
ing, a fellowship from the National Institute of Mental Health for children’s
mental health services research, as well as the Julius Seeman award for
academic and professional excellence. Dr. Reich’s research interests focus on
social interventions for children and families,applied and theoretical models
of program evaluation, definitions and applications of community theory,
and historical underpinnings to social inequality.
Manuel Riemer,Ph.D.,is a research associate at Peabody College ofVanderbilt
University. Prior to coming to the United States, Dr. Riemer, who was born
and raised in Germany, was a student of clinical, cultural, and critical psy-
chology at the Free University of Berlin where he researched and published on
the history of critical psychology in Germany.While Dr.Riemer’s training in
the United States has been in quantitative methods of psychology and applied
social psychology, he has always had a strong interest in community psy-
chology as his research interests focus on understanding,modeling,evaluat-
ing, and changing complex human behavioral systems as well as issues of
power, oppression, and inequality. Dr. Riemer is currently the director of
research and system development in a large-scale multisite study on organi-
zational change in mental health as well as a lecturer in the Community
Action and Research Program at Vanderbilt University.
Isaac Prilleltensky,Ph.D.,is dean of the School of Education at the University
of Miami. Prior to that he was director of the Doctoral Program in
Community Research and Action at Peabody College ofVanderbilt University.
Isaac was born in Argentina and has studied and worked in Israel, Canada,
Australia, and the United States. He has lectured widely in South America,
Europe, North America, Australia, and New Zealand. Dr. Prilleltensky is
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concerned with value-based ways of promoting personal, relational, and
collective well-being.He is the author,co-author or co-editor of several books,
including Community Psychology: In Pursuit of Liberation and
Well-Being,Doing Psychology Critically,Critical Psychology,Promoting Family
Wellness and Preventing Child Maltreatment, and The Morals and Politics of
Psychology.He recently completed with his wife,Dr.Ora Prilleltensky,a book
entitled Promoting Well-Being: Linking Personal, Organizational, and
Community Change.
Maritza Montero,Ph.D.,is a professor of social psychology and coordinator
of the Doctorate Course in Psychology at the Universidad Central de
Venezuela.She has lectured extensively throughout Latin America and in the
United States, Great Britain, France, Spain, and Australia. Her 1985 book
Ideología,alienación e identidad nacional(“Ideology,Alienation and National
Identity”) received the Central University of Venezuela Faculty Association
(APUCV) award.Dr.Montero is on the editorial boards of several commu-
nity and social psychology journals, among which are the American Journal
of Community Psychology (associate editor) and Community, Work and
Family. Dr. Montero has won several national and international scientific
awards, among which are the Interamerican Society of Psychology (1995)
and the Venezuelan National Science Award (2000).She has served as presi-
dent of the International Society of Political Psychology (2006) and as vice
president for South America of the Interamerican Psychology Society
(1997–1999). Her latest publication is a trilogy published in Spanish, in
Argentina:Teoría y prácticade psicología communitaria (“Theory and Practice
of Community Psychology”), 2003; Introducción a la psicología comunitaria
(“Introduction to Community Psychology”), 2004; and Hacer para
transformer. El método en la Psicología comunitaria (“To Do and to
Transform. Method in Community Psychology”), 2006. Dr. Montero has
contributed numerous papers and book chapters published in Spanish,
English,Portuguese,and French.Her research interests focus on community
and political psychology; and the theoretical, epistemological, and method-
ological aspects in social psychology.
