Globalization, neo-liberalism and community psychology.
A longitudinal analysis (1984-2005) of media language in Norway is presented, demonstrating how the current globalized capitalist market ideology is now permeating this long-established Scandinavian welfare state. This ideological shift carries powerful implications for community psychology, as traditional welfare state values of equal services based on a universalistic principle are set aside, and social and material inequalities are increasingly accepted. The methodology developed in the present study may serve as a "barometer of community changes", to borrow a metaphor used by Sarason (2000).
Nafstad
Hilde Eileen
HE
Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1094, Blindern, 0317, Oslo, Norway. h.e.nafstad@psykologi.uio.no
Blakar
Rolv Mikkel
RM
Carlquist
Erik
E
Phelps
Joshua Marvle
JM
Rand-Hendriksen
Kim
K
D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003163:Competitive Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007802:Language; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D011057:Politics; D011593:Psychology, Social; D012919:Social Behavior; D012946:Social Welfare