Does empowerment require disempowerment? Reflections on psychopolitical validity

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 254-260

  Lorion, Raymond P ^a   McMillan, David W ^b  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b College of Education ^*

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EID: 41149151952     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: 15206629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.20236     Document Type: Review

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