Community psychology: A latin American creation

Abstract

Community psychology is one of the most well-known fields of Latin American psychology, mainly because of the efforts of Ignacio Martín-Baró. This chapter analyzes the reasons why community psychology emerges, its originality and its place in the psychology of the subcontinent. According to the author, Latin America strives for a psychology that responds to its needs. She also states that community psychology is here to stay.