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dc.contributor.author | De la Rey, Cheryl![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Ipser, Jonathan![]() |
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dc.coverage.spatial | Africa | |
dc.coverage.spatial | South Africa | |
dc.coverage.temporal | AD | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-06-15T10:05:16Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-06-15T10:05:16Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2004 | |
dc.description | Published when Prof de la Rey was Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation), University of Cape Town. | en |
dc.description.abstract | A number of scholars during the 1980s and early 1990s questioned the relevance of psychology in South Africa. In this paper we characterise the nature of what became known as the ‘relevance debate’, and then investigate whether South African psychology has become more relevant during the nation’s first ten years of democracy. Themes which are identified with respect to this issue include the apparent increasing representation of marginalised groups within South African psychology, the conscious responsiveness of psychologists to post-apartheid policy imperatives and issues, their alignment with international theoretical trends, and finally, an increasing recognition of the political nature of South African psychology. The authors conclude that a more productive approach within future debates regarding relevance in psychology would be to examine the nature of knowledge production within the discipline. | en |
dc.identifier.citation | De la Rey, C & Ipser, J 2004, 'The call for relevance : South African psychology ten years into democracy', South African Journal of Psychology, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 544-552. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_sapsyc.html] | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0081-2463 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/14269 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Psychological Society of South Africa | en |
dc.rights | © Psychological Society of South Africa. All rights reserved. | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 150.968 | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Psychology -- South Africa | |
dc.title | The call for relevance : South African psychology ten years into democracy | en |
dc.type | Article | en |