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Issues of empowerment: anti-oppressive groupwork by disabled people in Ireland
- Authors:
- NI CHORCORA Maire, JENNINGS Eddie, LORDAN Nuala
- Journal article citation:
- Groupwork, 7(1), 1994, pp.63-78.
- Publisher:
- Whiting and Birch
Examines the dilemmas inherent in working to empower marginalised groups. Seeks to analyse the difficulties of a groupwork model which views empowerment as a political process. The authors discuss their experience as disabled people in the development of a group, where members concern and commitment was to overcome their feelings of powerlessness. The paper concludes by identifying key issues in the groupwork process which facilitated empowerment, and enabled members to take control and challenge their oppressors.
Epistemological journeys in participatory action research: alliances between community psychology and disability studies
- Authors:
- GOODLEY Dan, LAWTHOM Rebecca
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 20(2), March 2005, pp.135-151.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper seeks to explore emancipatory disability research possibilities through the use of participatory action research and the cross-fertilisation of ideas between British disability studies (DS) and community psychology (CP). First, the authors consider the psychology in CP and suggest that it is far removed from mainstream psychology's pathological vision of disabled people. Second, they draw on Burrell and Morgan's model of paradigms to interrogate research practice in DS and CP. Third, they compare and contrast research narratives from DS and CP through reference to some examples of our own research. They argue that CP pays particular attention to the development of community selves and cultural identities within the participatory action research process: which the authors feel to be a key concern for the development of an emancipatory DS. Finally they conclude that recognising the radical humanist element of participatory action research (PAR) permits us to navigate an enabling journey for disability research.
International perspectives on disability services: the same but different
- Editor:
- YUEN Francis K.O.
- Publisher:
- Haworth Social Work Practice Press
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 141p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Binghamton, NY
This book covers a range of topics on disabilities related to physical status, emotional conditions, and community settings. This useful introductory reference will help you develop culturally sensitive disability services both locally and overseas, and it will promote better understanding of people with disabilities. The book is an examination of services for people with disabilities as they exist in several countries. Until recently, cultural context was used to describe race or ethnicity, but this text recognizes people with disabilities as a worldwide community that is advocating for equality and respect. The book focuses on the need for human and social services that endorse capability and empowerment, promoting the person rather than the disability.
Social movements, social justice and social work
- Author:
- THOMPSON Neil
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 32(6), September 2002, pp.711-722.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article explores the relationship between social movements, social justice and social work. It examines the role of social movements in promoting social justice and considers the influences of such movements in the development of emancipatory forms of social work practice. It also considers the question of whether social work can be viewed as a form of social movement in its own right. A central theme of the article is the fundamental tension between social work as a force for social regulation and as a force for social development and emancipation.