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"Achieving Power" aims to provide a new approach to the concept and practice of empowement in the fields of social work and welfare. Stuart Rees' book sets out to liberate students, educators and practitioners from the dominance of economic rationalist thought over the past decade, and to spell out the skills needed to give power to the powerless. The different meanings of power are made clear and relevant through an explanation of individual's biographies in numerous contexts. A political theory for all those in the helping professions is developed through a combination of the insights of poets and philosophers, political scientists, sociologists and social work educators. From this there emerges a new theory of empowerment for practitioners and the powerless - clients, patients, students, defendants and prisoners. "Achieving Power" combines aspirations and visions of a more fully democratized society with guidelines for achieving change in everyday situations. "Achieving power" combines aspirations and visions of a more fully democratised society with guidelines for achieving change in everyday situations. "Stuart Rees's book is an intellectual achievement that will be extremely useful to scholars and students of social work and social welfare...[it has] a new approach to practice that is fresh and lively" - Harry Specht, Dean of School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley "...a convincing perspective on the concept of empowerment which has universal applicability." - Henry S. Maas, Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia "Stuart Rees is Professor of Social Work at the University of Sydney. He has written widely on social work and social policy issues, including the books "Social work face to face" and "Verdicts on social work. This book is intended for students and researchers in social work and social welfare.

Table of Contents:
Part 1 issues and prospectus: the issues; the prospectus. part 2 Contexts of empowerment: the promise of biography; power, politics and language; economic rationalism and social justice. Part 3 The process and politics of change: explaining objectives; developing theory; steps in empowerment; politics of change in organizations. Part 4 Identifying and developing skills; interactive and political skills; evaluation and preparation; assessment; administration and planning; formal negotiations; advocacy. Part 5 Policy - practice controversies; the interdependence of policy and practice; towards economic literacy; coherence.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780044423355
  • Publisher: Allen & Unwin
  • Publisher Imprint: Allen & Unwin
  • Height: 215 mm
  • No of Pages: 216
  • ISBN-10: 0044423357
  • Publisher Date: 21 Jun 1991
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Width: 140 mm


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