Empowerment: A Primer

ISBN-13: 9780367728380 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 100 str.

Aaron Schutz

Opis

This book provides an interdisciplinary examination of the multiple meanings of ‘empowerment.’ Rather than seeking to define and critique this term, it draws out a range of different meanings, exploring diverse possibilities for action and engagement.

Spis treści

List of figures;  Acknowledgements;  1. Introduction;  2. Continuums of Power;  3. Individual Empowerment;  4. Occupy Wall Street Movement: A Case Study;  5. Collaboration;  6. Counterscript: An Interlude;  7. Solidarity;  8. Civil Resistance;  9. Ecologies of Empowerment? Appendix;  Index

O autorze

Aaron Schutz is a Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His research focuses on democratic theory and collective action for social change. He has worked with a range of community groups on community organizing projects. He has published numerous articles and three other books.