Processes of Community Change and Social Action

This volume - an outgrowth of the annual meeting of the Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology - focuses on examples of social change and the processes at work in creating change. The presenters engaged each other and the audjence in thinking about how best to create and sustain social change. This volume represents a product of their cumulative insight, research results, and perspectives including chapters from each of the symposium presenters, as well as a few selected chapters from other scholars. Taken as a whole the chapters are highly accessible and present findings from interesting research that offer illuminating lessons for anyone interested in attempts at community change, civic participation, and social action. This unique collection provides cutting-edge and complementary approaches to understanding the causes and effects of broad civic participation. The contributors to this volume are all distinguished researchers and theorists, well known for their work on different aspects of processes of community change and social action. They address topics related to service learning, social movements, political socialization, civil society, and especially volunteerism