Community-Based Interventions Philosophy and Action /

• Main Author: Murphy, John W. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: International Perspectives on Social Policy, Administration, and Practice
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Business ethics.; Social policy.; Social work.; Health psychology.; Community psychology.; Environmental psychology.; Social Sciences.; Social Work.; Community and Environmental Psychology.; Business Ethics.; Health Psychology.; Social Policy.

For decades, community-centered social services have been promoted as an admirable ideal. Yet the concept of decentralized services delivered where people live has proved to be an elusive ideal as well, with the promise of empowerment often giving way to disinterest and apathy. Community-Based Inter...