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Parallel lives: Community psychology in Latin America and the United States
Author(s) -
Montero Maritza
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1007/bf02509715
Subject(s) - community psychology , latin americans , health psychology , convergence (economics) , history of psychology , international psychology , divergence (linguistics) , psychology , order (exchange) , sociology , social psychology , social science , public health , asian psychology , political science , psychoanalysis , critical psychology , law , economic growth , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , nursing , finance , economics
Comparing the history of community psychology as it developed in the U.S. during the 1960s with the community psychology that developed 10 years later in Latin America, one is reminded of the title of Plutarch's masterpice, Parallel Lives . Although there was very little contact or communication between the first community psychologists in these regions, very similar principles and orientations evolved. These similarities are particularly striking given the many ways in which the U.S. and Latin American contexts and histories differ. Since most readers are expected to be familiar with the history of community psychology as it developed in the U.S., this paper focuses primarily on the development of community psychology in Latin America in order to highlight areas of convergence as well as divergence from the U.S. experience.