THE LIMITS OF EMPOWERMENT IN HUMAN SERVICE WORK

John Solas

16 citations0/0 files storedAustralian Journal of Social Issues

No readable copy stored yet — this record is metadata only.

No open-access location is known for this record yet.

Literature note Cite in a project Citation map

Social Work Education and Practice Social Sciences and Policies Community Health and Development

Abstract

This paper critiques the notion of empowerment and the concept of power upon which it is based Specifically, it argues that the concept of empowerment, as generally represented in human service work, has developed along a highly abstract and Utopian line which does not necessarily result in the kind of the practice its supporters preach. The discourse of empowerment is based on rationalist assumptions which if left unexamined will continue to perpetuate relations of domination between human service workers and clients.

Paper brief

Loading…

Cite this work

Citation unavailable for this work.

BibTeX RIS CSL-JSON

No public copy is stored for this record, so only the metadata is cited.

Citations in this library

Citation map →

Stored only when both papers are in the corpus — 16 citations exist upstream.

References

1980Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings 1972-1977 1978Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison 1982The Subject and Power 1979Central Problems in Social Theory 2023The strengths perspective in social work practice 1991Modern Social Work Theory 1990Working with Women of Color: An Empowerment Perspective 1972Education: domestication or liberation?

Cited by

2005From social issues to social policy: engaging professionals and the public

Explore the map →

Papers that cite the same references — the relational fallback while embeddings are still backfilling.

Imported from OpenAlex (CC0) — nothing here is generated.