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Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, 1991
In this article I argue that many modern feminist theories about power suffer from problems of essentialism, ahistoricity and contradictions in implementation. While the feminist critique of androcentric models of power is insightful, feminist models of power have other difficulties.
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In this article I argue that many modern feminist theories about power suffer from problems of essentialism, ahistoricity and contradictions in implementation. While the feminist critique of androcentric models of power is insightful, feminist models of power have other difficulties.
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Empowerment Cognitions and Empowerment Acts
Group & Organization Management, 2000By distinguishing between empowerment cognitions and empowerment acts, the effect of gender is tested on (a) the impact of empowerment and disempowerment acts on subordinates’ empowerment cognitions, and (b) the direct impact of these acts on subsequent job satisfaction and performance.
Dafna Eylon, Peter Bamberger
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Empowerment− A Strategy for Change
Journal of Library Administration, 1993This paper will try to explain the underlying factors for some of the anticipated and unanticipated consequences of empowerment strategies which often puzzle and surprise managers and employees alike. The evidence of disagreements, challenges to authority, conflicts are signs of a healthy and alive organizational culture where democratic values and ...
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2019
This chapter explores different meanings of empowerment by drawing on findings from an empirical case study. The study involved organizational observations and interviews with case managers and clients. In discussing these findings we go beyond technical evaluation questions of whether the case study was achieving its stated aims, to explore how the ...
Marston, Greg, Davidson, Danielle
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This chapter explores different meanings of empowerment by drawing on findings from an empirical case study. The study involved organizational observations and interviews with case managers and clients. In discussing these findings we go beyond technical evaluation questions of whether the case study was achieving its stated aims, to explore how the ...
Marston, Greg, Davidson, Danielle
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1991
In the previous Chapter, we saw that radical and Marxist theories attempt to offer a perspective on social work which concentrates on social change, but, at least in their more sophisticated formulations, these theories recognise that most workers are concerned with relatively small communities or with individuals, families and small groups rather than
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In the previous Chapter, we saw that radical and Marxist theories attempt to offer a perspective on social work which concentrates on social change, but, at least in their more sophisticated formulations, these theories recognise that most workers are concerned with relatively small communities or with individuals, families and small groups rather than
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Public Administration, 1997
The article argues that institutions of parliamentary democracy are currently being undermined and calls for the development of new means of democratic empowerment. The meaning of ‘democratic empowerment’ differs sharply depending on whether one refers to a predominantly aggregative, or a predominantly integrative strategy of empowerment.
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The article argues that institutions of parliamentary democracy are currently being undermined and calls for the development of new means of democratic empowerment. The meaning of ‘democratic empowerment’ differs sharply depending on whether one refers to a predominantly aggregative, or a predominantly integrative strategy of empowerment.
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Critical Care Nursing Quarterly, 2004
Patient empowerment is defined as helping people to discover and use their own innate ability to gain mastery over their diabetes (Funnell MM, Anderson RM. Diabetes Educ. 1991;17:37-41). While you cannot empower a patient, nurses can use strategies that will assist patients in this process. These include providing education for informed decision-making,
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Patient empowerment is defined as helping people to discover and use their own innate ability to gain mastery over their diabetes (Funnell MM, Anderson RM. Diabetes Educ. 1991;17:37-41). While you cannot empower a patient, nurses can use strategies that will assist patients in this process. These include providing education for informed decision-making,
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Empowerment as Resistance: Conceptualizing Palestinian women's empowerment
Development, 2010Eileen Kuttab contextualizes empowerment historically in Palestinian practices of mobilization and resistance. She draws on interviews and focus group discussions to explore the meanings the term has come to acquire in the Palestinian context. Kuttab examines alternative ways of understanding empowerment that go beyond instrumentalism to recapture some
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