Developing Prosocial Communities Across Cultures

Download or read book Developing Prosocial Communities Across Cultures written by Forrest B. Tyler and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-09-23 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Communities are basic social units that provide contexts in which people live together to their mutual benefit. This book defines exactly what prosocial communities are, identifying their elements and relevant interrelationships, and reviewing the available evidence in support of those conclusions. This work shows why a prosocial community is essential to the accomplishment of the goals of community psychology and related fields, and offers advice on how to create such communities.