Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-214) and index.
Contents
Alex Gitterman Editor's Note -- 1. Empowerment and Social Work Practice -- 2. The Roots of Empowerment -- 3. The Early Period: Context and Influences, 1893-1917 -- 4. The Early Period: Social Work's Visions of Empowerment, 1893-1917 -- 5. Wartime and the Interwar Years: Context and Influences, 1917-1945 -- 6. Wartime and Interwar Visions of Empowerment Practice, 1917-1945 -- 7. Recent Practice: Context and Influences, 1945-1994 -- 8. Recent Visions of Empowerment Practice, 1945-1994.