Rethinking Empowerment: A Postmodern Reappraisal for Emancipatory Practice

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 135-147

  Pease, Bob ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0036108718     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/32.2.135     Document Type: Article

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