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For more than 150 years, empowering practices have been used by social workers in their work with families, but the techniques of today differ significantly from those of the pioneers or even from those of a few years ago. Today's practitioners recognize that empowering others is impossible; so...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wise, Judith Bula (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2005.
Series:Empowering the powerless.
Subjects:
Family social work.
Social work with people with social disabilities.
Dysfunctional families > Services for.
Power (Social sciences)
Service social familial.
Service social aux personnes socialement défavorisées.
Familles inadaptées, Services aux.
Pouvoir (Sciences sociales)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Work.
Famille dysfonctionnelle.
Handicapé social.
Responsabilisation.
Pouvoir.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:For more than 150 years, empowering practices have been used by social workers in their work with families, but the techniques of today differ significantly from those of the pioneers or even from those of a few years ago. Today's practitioners recognize that empowering others is impossible; social workers can, however, assist others as they empower themselves. This book integrates time-honored approaches with today's more modest goals, mindful of what empowerment can and cannot do. Synthesizing several theoretical supports-the strengths perspective, system theory, theories of family well.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 324 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-313) and index.
ISBN:9780231529471
0231529473

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