Empowerment As Ceremony |
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| Author:
| Epstein, William M. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4128-5103-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
| Publisher: | Transaction Publishers
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $59.93 |
Book Description:
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This volume challenges the notion that empowerment is a magic bullet that can liberate the oppressed through self-organization, self-motivation, self-invention, and even self-clarity. The social sciences have carved out roles for themselves by looking for simple remedies. However, Epstein shows that those in social work practices have not only deluded themselves into thinking that their services have real instrumental value, but really operate at cross-purposes.
This volume challenges the notion that empowerment is a magic bullet that can liberate the oppressed through self-organization, self-motivation, self-invention, and even self-clarity. The social sciences have carved out roles for themselves by looking for simple remedies. However, Epstein shows that those in social work practices have not only deluded themselves into thinking that their services have real instrumental value, but really operate at cross-purposes.