Activism in Changing Times: Reinvigorating Community Psychology – Introduction to the Special Thematic Section
Abstract: The field of community psychology has for decades concerned itself with the theory and practice of bottom-up emancipatory efforts to tackle health inequalities and other social injustices, often assuming a consensus around values of equality, tolerance and human rights. However, recent global socio-political shifts, particularly the individualisation of neoliberalism and the rise of intolerant, exclusionary politics, have shaken those assumptions, creating what many perceive to be exceptionally hostile conditions for emancipatory activism. This special thematic section brings together a diverse series of articles which address how health and social justice activists are responding to contemporary conditions, in the interest of re-invigorating community psychology’s contribution to emancipatory efforts. The current article introduces our collective conceptualisation of these ‘changing times’, the challenges they pose, and four openings offered by the collection of articles. Firstly,.... https://jspp.psychopen.eu/index.php/jspp/article/view/5081
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Activism in Changing Times: Reinvigorating Community Psychology – Introduction to the Special Thematic Section ; volume:6 ; number:2 ; day:21 ; month:12 ; year:2018
Journal of social and political psychology ; 6, Heft 2 (21.12.2018)
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Cornish, Flora
Campbell, Catherine
Montenegro, Cristián
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10.5964/jspp.v6i2.1111
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021032004325685133743
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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- Cornish, Flora
- Campbell, Catherine
- Montenegro, Cristián
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