Prior to this edition, this book was unrivaled for its scope and depth of the obvious 
and not-so-obvious psychological implications of what American communities are: 
what problems they face, how they do and do not change. What this new edition 
makes abundantly clear is that what we call a community is glaringly porous: in 
the modern, highly technical, mobile world, a community is affected by events 
near and far from its borders, events that are psychological, sociological, economic, 
political, and legal. Yes, this is a book written by and for psychologists, but it 
draws upon the social sciences as no other book in the field. I would go so far as to 
say that this edition makes clearer than previous editions that this is more than a 
book about the American community. It is about America. Although this is truly a 
scholarly book, it is the opposite of a dull one. That is no small achievement. 
Beginning with the first chapter (“Life Is a Soap Opera”) the writing is clear and 
stimulating. The details are many, but they are never divorced from the contents 
from which they emerge and which they illuminate. This is not a dry text but a 
lively, stimulating one. It is more than an introduction to community psychology. 
Social, developmental, and clinical psychologists will be well rewarded by reading 
this book because (without saying so) it makes a mockery of conventional 
specialties whose labels mask a degree of overlap too long ignored

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