Stories of relative privilege: Power and social change in feminist community psychology

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 883-911

  Mulvey, Anne ^a   Terenzio, Marion ^b   Hill, Jean ^c   Bond, Meg A ^a   Huygens, Ingrid ^d   Hamerton, Heather R ^e   Cahill, Sharon ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Russell Sage College   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WORKWISE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^f GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feminist community psychology; Narratives; Power; Privilege; Social change

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LESBIAN; LITERATURE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANECDOTES; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FEMINISM; FOCUS GROUPS; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 0034575661     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005120001986     Document Type: Article

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