Community Intervention - Clinical Sociology Perspectives (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2022)

The second and expanded edition of this award-winning book provides the most up-to-date and important efforts for improving the quality of life in communities around the world. It focuses on community improvements in relation to the interdisciplinary field of clinical sociology. The first part of the book includes updated analyses of important concepts and tools for community intervention. It discusses the importance of centrally involving community members in all phases of community development activities. Part II includes several completely new chapters and focuses on projects in a number of countries -- the United States, Brazil, South Africa, Canada, the Philippines and France. It covers topics such as establishing human rights cities; involving and empowering local communities; research in communities; the healthy cities movement; and climate change. This edition includes several new gender-focused chapters, addressing local level initiatives based on the recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination and Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), women in prison, and gender factors in climate risk. The appendices include profiles of outstanding practitioners and scholar-practitioners over the last 100 years. This edition includes contributions from well-known scholars and practitioners in clinical sociology and is of interest to sociologists, social policy makers, social workers, and sustainability researchers. The first edition of this book received the Distinguished Scholarly Book Award from the Clinical Sociology Division of the International Sociological Association.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Clinical Sociology: Research and Practice
Release date:	October 2022
First published:	2022
Editors:	Jan Marie Fritz • Jacques Rheaume
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	350
Edition:	2nd ed. 2022
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-093694-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Medicine > General issues > General Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Clinical psychology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Medical anthropology Promotions
LSN:	3-03-093694-5
Barcode:	9783030936945

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