Development Discourse for Socio-Emotional Well-Being | Towards a Politic for the Social Construction of Resilient Communities. This item is unavailable.Development Discourse for Socio-Emotional Well-Being | Towards a Politic for the Social Construction of Resilient Communities

Socio-emotional well-being ¿ nurtured through caring relationships and pro-social community experiences ¿ enables children and caretakers to evolve into caring, non-violent, optimally- functioning citizens. 'Socially-constructed uncertainties' resulting from modernization as well as economic and social change, however, put a squeeze on social support network structures, and jeopardize the prospects for the constructive satisfaction of psychological needs. This text- analytical study explores how 'text communications' of socio-econonomic discourse producers such as the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank acknowledge or neglect to discuss the significance of socio-emotional well-being for human and social capital development. The study finds that socio-economic development discourse often ¿backgrounds¿ discussions about social support structures necessary for nurturing ¿optimal human functioning¿. Psychologists are called upon to ¿infect¿ socio-economic reasoning systems by advocating for the effective integration of socio- emotional well-being themes into 21st century socio- economic development thought.

Friedrich W. Affolter, Ed.D. is a graduate of the Center for International Education (CIE) of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He consults in the areas civil society and community capacity development, victims empowerment, teacher training, non- formal education and transformational learning.