TY - BOOK ID - 8284722 TI - Anti-poverty psychology PY - 2013 SN - 1461463025 149390194X 1461463033 PB - New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Child welfare -- United States. KW - Children -- Government policy -- United States. KW - Developmental psychology. KW - Poverty KW - Social Sciences KW - Business & Economics KW - Economic History KW - Psychology KW - Psychological aspects KW - Subsistence economy. KW - Psychological aspects. KW - Poor KW - Psychology. KW - Sociology. KW - Cross-cultural psychology. KW - Cross Cultural Psychology. KW - Sociology, general. KW - Cost and standard of living KW - Economic anthropology KW - Applied psychology. KW - Applied psychology KW - Psychagogy KW - Psychology, Practical KW - Social psychotechnics KW - Social theory KW - Social sciences KW - Cross-cultural psychology KW - Ethnic groups KW - Ethnic psychology KW - Folk-psychology KW - Indigenous peoples KW - National psychology KW - Psychological anthropology KW - Psychology, Cross-cultural KW - Psychology, Ethnic KW - Psychology, National KW - Psychology, Racial KW - Race psychology KW - National characteristics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8284722 AB - Reducing poverty, whether globally or locally, has always comprised a set of complex critical tasks. But just as essential as the tasks is their underlying worldview: where formerly the emphasis was on changing institutions and thus changing people, the movement now is away from paternalistic remedies and toward culturally aware organizations and efforts to develop the untapped resources of people and their communities. Anti-Poverty Psychology traces the evolution of conceptualizations of poverty and its solutions, forcefully arguing for a higher level of current and future efforts. This visionary volume provides readers with a clear roadmap from goals (e.g., the Millennium Development Goals) to implementation that neither shames nor objectifies those being served. The author demonstrates how, in both research and the real world, progress is best achieved through systematic, cross-disciplinary, multi-perspective collaboration, alignment with local values, and greater accountability on the part of all involved. Coverage balances macro, meso and micro levels of analysis in such areas as:  Constructs of personality: beyond mythmaking and pathologizing. Building the socially responsible organization. The role of community in self-empowerment. Harnessing the potential of markets in poverty reduction. Minting media social capital The hidden psychology of international aid. Mobilizing human talent locally Developing research advocacy and its component skills. The perspective-widening stance and depth of insight found in Anti-Poverty Psychology gives it significance to audiences across disciplines, as in psychologists researching global development issues, academics interested in learning what motivates educators, community psychologists, and health professionals. ER -