Locating empowerment in the context of Indigenous Australia

Australian Social Work

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 113-129

  Whiteside, Mary ^a   Tsey, Komla ^b   Earles, Wendy ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Indigenous research; Social work theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951970346     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0312407X.2010.533279     Document Type: Article

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