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9781405107938

Community Involvement Theoretical Approaches and Educational Initiatives

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    9781405107938

  • ISBN10:

    1405107936

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-09-10
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Summary

The contributors to this special issue present an overview of the recent history and trends associated with community involvement, including definitions, goals, major movements, and examples of specific models. A special emphasis is given to service-learning programs and the factors that produce beneficial outcomes for all relevant constituencies. Presents an overview of the recent history and trends associated with community involvement, including definitions, goals, major movements, and examples of specific models. Includes discussions of the functions, processes, and theoretical underpinnings of community involvement and specific types of involvement such as community service, service-learning, and volunteerism. Highlights themes such as education, power relations, and motivation as they emerge from the discussion of community involvement.

Author Biography

Arthur A. Stukas holds a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. He recently moved from the USA to Melbourne, Australia, to take up a lectureship in social psychology at La Trobe University's School of Psychological Science. Previously, he served as an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Northern Colorado and as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. His research interests focus on the personal and situational factors that underlie value-expression and goal-directed behavior, including such varied behaviors as volunteerism and community involvement, organ and tissue donation, principled stands against prejudice, and active disconfirmation of erroneous interpersonal expectations. He is a member of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, and the American Psychological Society.

Michelle R. Dunlap received her Ph.D. from the University of Florida. She is a social psychologist who specializes in social and personality development as an associate professor of human development at Connecticut College. She has served in various professional capacities with the American Association for Higher Education (AAHE), the Association for Women in Psychology (AWP), Campus Compact, the New England Psychological Association (NEPA), and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI). She has written extensively about college students working in urban community settings, intergroup relations, and multicultural child-rearing issues. She is author of Reaching Out to Children and Families: Students Model Effective Community Service, and co-editor of the forthcoming book, Charting a New Course for Feminist Psychology.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Community Involvement: Theoretical Approaches and Educational Initiatives
411(18)
Arthur A. Stukas
Michelle R. Dunlap
THEORETICAL APPROACHES
Four Motives for Community Involvement
429(18)
C. Daniel Batson
Nadia Ahmad
Jo-Ann Tsang
Dispositional and Organizational Influences on Sustained Volunteerism: An Interactionist Perspective
447(22)
Louis A. Penner
Role as Resource for Action in Public Service
469(18)
Jane Allyn Piliavin
Jean A. Grube
Peter L. Callero
Inter-Group Helping Relations as Power Relations: Maintaining or Challenging Social Dominance Between Groups Through Helping
487(16)
Arie Nadler
EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES
Campus-Community Partnerships: The Terms of Engagement
503(14)
Robert G. Bringle
Julie A. Hatcher
Reflection: Linking Service and Learning---Linking Students and Communities
517(18)
Janet Eyler
Personal Identity and Civic Responsibility: ``Rising to the Occasion'' Narratives and Generativity in Community Action Student Interns
535(22)
Jefferson A. Singer
Laura A. King
Melanie C. Green
Sarah C. Barr
Designing Service-Learning to Empower Students and Community: Jackson Elementary Builds a Nature Study Center
557(24)
Carol M. Werner
Rose Voce
Kellie Gaufin Openshaw
Michael Simons
CONCLUSION
Community Involvement: Opportunities and Challenges in Socializing Adults to Participate in Society
581(12)
E. Gil Clary
Mark Snyder
2001 SPSSI PRESIDENTIAL AWARD ADDRESS
Introduction to the 2001 SPSSI Presidential Address
593(4)
John F. Dovidio
The Costs of Seeking Self-Esteem
597
Jennifer Crocker

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