Empowerment: The point of view of consumers

Families in Society

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 270-280

  Boehm, Amnon ^b   Staples, Lee H ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142683250     PISSN: 10443894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.314     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Breton, M. (1994a). On meaning of empowerment and empowerment-oriented social work practice. Social Work With Groups, 17(3), 23-37.
2. Breton, M. (1994b). Relating competence - promotion and empowerment. Journal of Progressive Human Services, 5, 27-44.
3. Breton, M. (1999). Sharing power. Journal of Progressive Human Services, 10(1), 33-51.
4. Callahan, M., & Lumb, C. (1995). My check and my children: The long road to empowerment in child welfare. Child Welfare, 74, 795-819.
5. Caragata, L., & Sanchez, M. (2002). Globalization and global need: New imperatives for expanding international social work education in North America. International Social Work, 45(2), 217-238.
6. Carrol, J., & Minkler, M. (2000). Freire's message for social workers: Looking back, looking ahead Journal of Community Practice, 8(1), 21-36.
7. Cohen, B. Z. (2000). Intervention and supervision in strengths-based social work practice. Families in Society, 80(5), 460-466.
8. Cowger, C. (1994). Assessing client strengths: Clinical assessment for client empowerment. Social Work, 39, 262-268.
9. Cox, E. O. (1991). The critical role of social action in empowerment oriented groups. Social Work with Groups, 14(3/4), 77-90.
10. Cox, E. O. (2002). Empowerment-oriented practice applied to long-term care. Journal of Social Work in Long Term Care, 1(2), 27-46.
11. Freire, P. (1970a). Cultural action for freedom. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Educational Review and Center for the Study of Development and Social Change.
12. Freire, P. (1970b). Pedagogy of the oppressed. New York: Continuum.
13. Freire, P. (1973). Education for critical consciousness. New York: Seabury Press.
14. Freire, P. (1994). Pedagogy of hope: Reliving pedagogy of the oppressed. New York: Continuum.
15. Freire, P. (1998). Teachers as cultural workers. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
16. Gutierrez, L. M. (1990). Working with women of color: An empowerment perspective. Social Work, 35, 149-154.
17. Gutierrez, L. M., Parsons, R. J., & Cox, E. O. (Eds.). (1998). Empowerment in social work practice. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.
18. Ife, J. (2000). Localized needs and a globalized economy: Bridging the gap with social work practice. Social Work and Globalization [Special issue] (B. Rowe, Ed), 45, 50-64.
19. Israel, B. A., Checkoway, B., Schulz, A., & Zimmerman, M. (1994). Health education and community empowerment conceptualizing and measuring perceptions of individual, organizational and community control. Health Education Quarterly, 21, 149-170.
20. Itzhaky, H., & York, A. S. (2002). Showing results in community organization. Social Work, 47, 125-131.
21. Kieffer, C. H. (1984). Citizen empowerment: A developmental perspective. In J. Rappaport & R. Hess (Eds.), Studies in empowerment Steps toward understanding and action (pp. 9-36). New York: Haworth Press.
22. Lee, J. (1997). The empowerment group: The heart of the empowerment approach and an antidote to injustice. In J. Parry (Ed.), From prevention to wellness through group work (pp. 15-32). New York: Haworth Press.
23. Lee, J. A. B. (2001). The empowerment approach social work practice (2nd ed.). New York: Columbia University Press.
24. Macdonald, K., & Macdonald, G. (1999). Empowerment: A critical view. In W. Shera & L. M. Wells (Eds.), Empowerment practice in social work: Developing richer conceptual foundations (pp. 50-78). Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Canadian Scholars' Press Inc.
25. Miley, K., & DuBois, B. (1999). Empowering processes for social work practice. In W. Shera & L. M. Wells (Eds.), Empowerment practice in social work: Developing richer conceptual foundations (pp. 2-13). Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press Inc.
26. Mills, C.W. (1959). The sociological imagination. New York: Oxford University Press.
27. Moreau, M. (1990). Empowerment through advocacy and consciousness raising. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 17, 53-67.
28. Morgan, D. L. (1998). Planning focus groups. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
29. Mullender, A., & Ward, D. (1991). The practice principles of self-directed group work: Establishing a value-base for empowerment. Nottingham, England: University of Nottingham, Center for Social Action.
30. Petterman, D. M. (2002). Empowerment evaluation: Building communities of practice and culture building. American Journal of Community Psychology, 30(1), 89-102.
31. Piven, F. F., & Cloward, R. A. (1979). Poor people's movements: Why they succeed, how they fail New York: Vintage Books.
32. Powell, R. (1999). Managerial procedure and professional practice in social work. In G. Hunt (Ed.), Whistleblowing in the social services: Public accountability and professional practice (pp. 165-185). London: Arnold.
33. Rappaport, J. (1981). In praise of paradox: A social policy of empowerment over prevention. American Journal of Community Psychology, 9, 1-25.
34. Rubenstein, H., & Lawler, S. K. (1990). Toward a psychological empowerment of women. Affilia, 5(3), 27-38.
35. Saleebey, D. (1992). The strengths perspective in social work. New York: Longman.
36. Schon, D. A. ( 1983). The reflective practitioner. New York: Basic Books.
37. Segal, S. P., Silverman, C., & Temkin, T. (1995). Measuring empowerment in client-run self-help agencies. Community Mental Health Journal, 31, 215-227.
38. Shera, W., & Wells, L. M. (1999). Introduction. In W. Shera & L. M. Wells (Eds.), Empowerment practice in social work: Developing richer conceptual foundations (pp. ix-xiv). Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press Inc.
39. Simon, B. L. (1994). The empowerment tradition in American social work history. New York: Columbia University Press.
40. Solomon, B. B. (1976). Black empowerment: Social work in oppressed communities. New York: Columbia University Press.
41. Staples, L. H. (1990). Powerful ideas about empowerment. Administration in Social Work, 14(2), 29-42.
42. Staples, L. (1999). Consumer empowerment in a mental health system: Stakeholder roles and responsibilities. In W. Shera & L. M. Wells (Eds.), Empowerment practice in social work: Developing richer conceptual foundations (pp. 119-141). Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press Inc.
43. Stewart, D. W., & Shamdasani, P. N. (1990). Focus groups: Theory and practice. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
44. Tomlinson, F., & Egan, S. (2002). From marginalization to (dis)empowerment: Organizing training and employment services for refugees. Human Relations, 55, 1019-1043.
45. Unger, D., & Powell, D. (1990). Families as nurturing systems: An introduction. Prevention in Human Services, 9, 1-17.
46. Wilson, J. (1995). Self-help groups as a route to empowerment. In R. Jack (Ed.), Empowerment in community care (pp. Web). London: Chapman & Hall.
47. Zimmerman, M. (1995). Psychological empowerment Issues and illustrations. American Journal of Community Psychology, 23, 581-599.
48. Zimmerman, M. A., & Warschausky, S. (1998). Empowerment theory for rehabilitation research: Conceptual and methodological issues. Rehabilitation Psychology, 43, 3-16.