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Anti-poverty psychology /

Psychology has focused more on personalities in poverty -- pathologizing -- than on contexts for poverty reduction (Pick & Sirkin, 2010). As a result, the discipline has inadvertently sequestered and isolated itself, and its potential contribution, from poverty reduction initiatives - globally a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Carr, Stuart C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Springer, ©2013.
Colección:International and cultural psychology series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Psychology has focused more on personalities in poverty -- pathologizing -- than on contexts for poverty reduction (Pick & Sirkin, 2010). As a result, the discipline has inadvertently sequestered and isolated itself, and its potential contribution, from poverty reduction initiatives - globally and locally. In recent years, there have been major developments in both the scope and depth of psychological research on global development issues.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (218 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781461463030
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9781299337237
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