Description:The Pacific Island oceanic and rim nations include many traditional societies and emerging nations that have experienced abusive histories of colonization, exploitation, and social change and upheaval. Peoples of this region are now struggling to restore traditional cultural heritages and identities in the wake of colonialism and in a world community dominated by Western values and lifestyles. The conflicts, uncertainties, and instability of this transitional time are reflected in the social and psychological difficulties these populations are currently encountering. This volume is one of the few totally devoted to these issues and covering a range of problems including substance abuse, hopelessness, violence, crime, abuse, juvenile delinquency, suicide, and AIDS.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Social Change and Psychosocial Adaptation in the Pacific Islands. To get started finding Social Change and Psychosocial Adaptation in the Pacific Islands, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
317
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media
Release
2005
ISBN
0387232893
Social Change and Psychosocial Adaptation in the Pacific Islands
Description: The Pacific Island oceanic and rim nations include many traditional societies and emerging nations that have experienced abusive histories of colonization, exploitation, and social change and upheaval. Peoples of this region are now struggling to restore traditional cultural heritages and identities in the wake of colonialism and in a world community dominated by Western values and lifestyles. The conflicts, uncertainties, and instability of this transitional time are reflected in the social and psychological difficulties these populations are currently encountering. This volume is one of the few totally devoted to these issues and covering a range of problems including substance abuse, hopelessness, violence, crime, abuse, juvenile delinquency, suicide, and AIDS.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Social Change and Psychosocial Adaptation in the Pacific Islands. To get started finding Social Change and Psychosocial Adaptation in the Pacific Islands, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.