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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Front Matter
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Locational Communities
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Front Matter
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Methodological and Theoretical Developments
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Keywords
About this book
In this book, the authors have explored a series of different types of communities - moving from the basic idea of those based at a specific location all the way to virtual communities of the internet. The ways in which the communities operate, positively and negatively, what people get out of them and what they have to put into them, and the notion of being members of more than one community at the one time are considered.
Sense of community is a topic that captures the attention of people from all types of backgrounds. So, contributors from fields such as community psychology, clinical areas, community development, and urban planning have added their insights and knowledge. A key feature of this book is the research focus that emphasizes the theory-driven analyses and the diversity of contexts in which sense of community is applied. This book will make a significant contribution to our understanding of life in communities and to people's sense of community. It will be of great interest to those concerned with understanding various forms of community and how communities can be mobilized to achieve wellbeing.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Psychological Sense of Community
Book Subtitle: Research, Applications, and Implications
Editors: Adrian T. Fisher, Christopher C. Sonn, Brian J. Bishop
Series Title: The Springer Series in Social Clinical Psychology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0719-2
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York 2002
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-47281-7Published: 30 June 2002
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-5209-9Published: 21 September 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-0719-2Published: 06 December 2012
Series ISSN: 1568-2528
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 339
Topics: Personality and Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Community and Environmental Psychology, Sociology, general, Social Work