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Robert Adams
ISBN: 9780230019997
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
Edition: 4th Revised edition
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Robert Adams offers a revised and updated account of the development of empowerment and participation in practice, considering all dimensions, from work with individuals and groupwork, through to organizational, community and political aspects. This book will be helpful to social work students taking modules on social work methods and practice, working with service users and practice learning.
This thoroughly revised and updated edition of this rich text considers both the conceptualization and practice of empowerment and social work to provide an essential resource at all levels of study.It is the fourth edition of a successful text written by a leading author. It provides an excellent balance of theoretical and applied material. It contains new pedagogical features including practice studies, annotated further reading lists and 'Putting it into practice' boxes.Now in its fourth edition this book continues to offer in-depth coverage spanning both conceptual debates about empowerment and a range of practice issues. The clarity and accessibility, as well as new examples reflecting varied global contexts and material on empowering children and adults, make it an essential resource at all levels of study.
| ISBN | 0230019994 | | Volumes | 1 | | ISBN13 | 9780230019997
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 329 | | Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan | | Published in | Basingstoke | | Imprint | Palgrave Macmillan | | Series title | Practical Social Work Series | | Format | Paperback | | Previous ISBN | 9781403905512 | | Publication date | 04 Mar 2008 | | Height (mm) | 216 | | Library of Congress | 2008015060 | | Width (mm) | 138 | | DEWEY | 361.3 | | Spine width (mm) | 15 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Tertiary education, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly | | Pages | 256 | |
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| | | List of figures and tables | | | | Pt. I | | Theories, models and methods for empowering practice | | 1 | | 1 | | Understanding empowerment | | 3 | | 2 | | Understanding participation by people who use services and by carers | | 28 | | 3 | | Frameworks for empowerment | | 49 | | Pt. II | | Practising empowerment | | 79 | | 4 | | Self-empowerment | | 81 | | 5 | | Empowering individuals | | 95 | | 6 | | Empowering groups | | 115 | | 7 | | Empowering organizations | | 136 | | 8 | | Empowering communities and political systems | | 152 | | 9 | | Empowering research | | 172 | | 10 | | Achieving empowerment in social work | | 193 | | | | Bibliography | | 211 | | | | Index | | 230 |
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