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Informationen zum Autor Omoto, Allen M. Klappentext An outgrowth of the annual meeting of the Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology! this volume focuses on examples of social change and the processes at work in creating change. It represents a product of the participants' cumulative insight! research results and perspectives. Zusammenfassung This volume will focus on psychological and sociological processes that contribute to community involvement. Researchers and students from social, community, political, and organizational psychology; political science; sociology; anthropology; communicat Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Preface. A.M. Omoto, Understanding Social Change: Introduction to the Volume. J. Wilson, Some Things Social Surveys Don't Tell Us About Volunteering. J.A. Piliavin, Feeling Good by Doing Good: Health Consequences of Social Service. J. Ramirez-Valles, R.M. Diaz, Public Health, Race, and the AIDS Movement: The Profile and Consequences of Latino Gay Men's Community Involvement. M.H. Davis, Becoming (and Remaining) a Community Volunteer: Does Personality Matter? A.M. Omoto, A.M. Malsch, Psychological Sense of Community: Conceptual Issues and Connections to Volunteerism-Related Activism. M.J. Chinman, A. Wandersman, R.M. Goodman, A Benefit-and-Cost Approach to Understanding Social Participation and Volunteerism in Multilevel Organizations. B. Klandermans, M. Roefs, J. Olivier, Social Capital in Democratic Transition: Civil Society in South Africa. C. Flanagan, S. Gil, L. Gallay, Social Participation and Social Trust in Adolescence: The Importance of Heterogenous Encounters. R.G. Bringle, Designing Interventions to Promote Civic Engagement.
