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Paradigms of community social psychology in six Latin American nations
Author(s) -
Wiesenfeld Esther
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1520-6629(199805)26:3<229::aid-jcop4>3.0.co;2-q
Subject(s) - latin americans , community psychology , intervention (counseling) , sociology , work (physics) , community development , state (computer science) , social science , political science , psychology , social psychology , computer science , law , engineering , mechanical engineering , algorithm , psychiatry
In this article, we present the general theoretical orientations (concepts, theories, and paradigms) as well as methodologies and techniques which have guided the work of community social psychologists in six Latin American countries: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, México, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela. The analysis is based on the review of the state of the art of community social psychology in those countries (Sánchez & Wiesenfeld, 1991; Wiesenfeld & Sánchez, 1995). This article presents an important, although nonexhaustive overview, of the development of the discipline on our continent. This analysis allowed us to (a) identify some common goals of community intervention programs, as well as in the principles which guide them; and (b) to explore the possibilities of integrating them into a coherent model that organizes community work and hopefully, stimulates further development of the discipline. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.