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When discussing health, we talk about ailments and afflictions, the
potential of modern medicine and the behaviours that affect our
health. Yet although these relationships exist, they undermine a
more socio-economic understanding of health. This timely book takes
a critical perspective to argue that urban poverty and health
inequalities are intimately interconnected, and that the increasing
disparity between rich and poor will necessarily exacerbate health
issues within urban communities. Urban Poverty and Health
Inequalities documents how life has become increasingly insecure
and stressful for growing numbers of people due to increased
insecurities in employment, income and housing, rising living
costs, and the retrenchment of welfare and social services. The
book explores the role of history and media depictions of poverty
and health inequalities in influencing the current situation. A
central objective is to advance ways to understand and respond to
urban poverty as a key social determinant of health. The authors
pay particular attention to the ways in which punitive responses to
urban poverty are further exacerbating the hardships faced by
people living in urban poverty. Looking at issues of class, age,
gender, ethnic and disability-based inequalities, the book offers
both critical theory and grounded solutions to enable those living
in poverty to live healthier lives. The collateral damage resulting
from current socio-economic arrangements reflects political choices
regarding the distribution of resources in societies that needs to
be challenged and changed. The authors attend to initiatives for
change, offering practical responses to address urban poverty,
including efforts to address wealth distribution, the potential of
living wage and Universal Basic Income initiatives, social housing
and anti-oppressive welfare systems.
Today's world is more interconnected and interdependent than ever
before. Within the context of globalisation and the associated
increased contact between diverse groups of people, the psychology
of culture is more relevant than ever. Asia-Pacific Perspectives on
Intercultural Psychology brings together leading researchers from
11 countries to showcase the innovative, evolving, and diverse
approaches that epitomise the development of the psychology of
culture across the Asia-Pacific region. The contributors provide a
range of examples of how different psychologies of culture can
inform engagements with a range of psychological issues. Central to
each chapter is the relationship between local cultures and ways of
being, and knowledge production practices, imported theories, and
methods from the global discipline. It is the resulting tensions
and opportunities for dialogue that are central to the further
development of intercultural psychology as a diverse scholarly
arena. This important work argues the case for a combination of
etic and emic approaches to theory, research, and practice in
psychology, that this is foundational to the development of
intercultural perspectives and more comprehensive understandings of
both the universal and local elements of human experience and
psychological phenomena today.
Today's world is more interconnected and interdependent than ever
before. Within the context of globalisation and the associated
increased contact between diverse groups of people, the psychology
of culture is more relevant than ever. Asia-Pacific Perspectives on
Intercultural Psychology brings together leading researchers from
11 countries to showcase the innovative, evolving, and diverse
approaches that epitomise the development of the psychology of
culture across the Asia-Pacific region. The contributors provide a
range of examples of how different psychologies of culture can
inform engagements with a range of psychological issues. Central to
each chapter is the relationship between local cultures and ways of
being, and knowledge production practices, imported theories, and
methods from the global discipline. It is the resulting tensions
and opportunities for dialogue that are central to the further
development of intercultural psychology as a diverse scholarly
arena. This important work argues the case for a combination of
etic and emic approaches to theory, research, and practice in
psychology, that this is foundational to the development of
intercultural perspectives and more comprehensive understandings of
both the universal and local elements of human experience and
psychological phenomena today.
In the present epoch of global change, movement, interconnection
and the intensification of social issues within and across many
societies, applied social psychology is more relevant than ever.
The SAGE Handbook of Applied Social Psychology offers an overview
of the field and the disparate and evolving approaches. Through an
international team of contributors, the handbook brings prominent
research literature together and organises it around ten key areas:
Part 01: Culture, race, indigeneity Part 02: Gender & Sexuality
Part 03: Politics Part 04: Health and mental health Part 05: Work
Part 06: Ageing Part 07: Communication Part 08: Education Part 09:
Environment Part 10: Criminal Justice, Law, & Crime This
handbook is a uniting and invigorating resource for the field of
Applied Social Psychology.
This ground-breaking and innovative textbook offers a uniquely
global approach to the study of social psychology. Inclusive and
outward-looking, the authors consciously re-orientate the
discipline of social psychology, promoting a collectivist approach.
Each chapter begins with an illustrative scenario based on everyday
events, from visiting a local health centre to shopping in a
supermarket, which challenges readers to confront the issues that
arise in today's diverse, multicultural society. This textbook also
gives a voice to many indigenous psychologies that have been
excluded from the mainstream discipline and provides crucial
coverage of the colonization experience. By integrating core social
psychology theories and concepts with critical perspectives, Social
Psychology and Everyday Life provides a thought-provoking
introduction suitable for both undergraduate and postgraduate
students of social psychology and community psychology. It can also
be used by students in related subjects such as sociology,
criminology and other social sciences. Accompanying online
resources for this title can be found at
bloomsburyonlineresources.com/social-psychology. These resources
are designed to support teaching and learning when using this
textbook and are available at no extra cost.
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