Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-253) and index.
Contents
Empowerment: a model for practice -- Empowerment techniques: engagement and assessment -- Empowerment techniques: practice with individuals -- Empowerment techniques: practice with families -- Empowerment techniques: practice with groups -- Bringing an empowerment perspective into organizational practice -- Empowerment techniques: practice with communities -- Endings: evaluation and termination -- The sharing of power: empowerment with Native American women / Christine
T. Lowery -- Staying the path: lessons about health and resistance from women of the African diaspora in the United States / Edith Lewis -- Empowerment with Latinas / Lorraine Gutiérrez and Zulema Suarez -- Empowerment: Asian-American women's perspectives / Gwat-Yong Lie -- Empowering lesbian and bisexual women of color: overcoming three forms of oppression / Larry Icard, Teresa Jones, and Stephanie Wahab.