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Empowerment, participation and social work /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adams, Robert, 1944-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Edition:4th ed.
Series:Practical social work.
Subjects:
Social service > Great Britain.
Social service > Citizen participation > Great Britain.
Self-help groups > Great Britain.
Online Access:Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • Theories, models and methods for empowering practice
  • Understanding empowerment
  • Understanding participation by people who use services and by carers
  • Frameworks for empowerment
  • Practising empowerment
  • Self-empowerment
  • Empowering individuals
  • Empowering groups
  • Empowering organizations
  • Empowering communities and political systems
  • Empowering research
  • Achieving empowerment in social work.