COMMUNITY AND INSTITUTIONS PSYCHOLOGY

Aims:

Understanding the complexity of change processes underlying the psycho-social coexistence and the construction of individual, groupal and community well-being, through the analysis of institutions and interpersonal relationships, at group and intergroup level, that weave together the Community life.

Contents:

The definition and analysis of institutions, according to the most reliable theoretical perspectives. The analysis of the processes of change, innovation and de-institutionalization, in relation to the new demands of society. The analysis of psychosocial processes that weave together the life of the communities, in the interpersonal, groupal and intergroupal dimensions, with particular reference to gender, disability, generations. The analysis of the Community and of the territory as potential phenomenons, related to the social representations, as well as the dimensions and investment of identity.