WHATS WRONG WITH EMPOWERMENT

被引:288
作者
RIGER, S
机构
[1] Women's Studies Program (M/C 360), University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, 60607-7137, Illinois
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D O I
10.1007/BF00941504
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Although it has stimulated useful and important research and theory in community psychology, the concept of empowerment is problematic. This article criticizes two assumptions and values underlying the concept of empowerment: (a) individualism, leading potentially to unmitigated competition and conflict among those who are empowered; and (b) a preference for traditionally masculine concepts of mastery, power, and control over traditionally feminine concerns of communion and cooperation. The challenge to community psychology is to develop a vision that incorporates both empowerment and community, despite the paradoxical nature of these two phenomena.
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页码:279 / 292
页数:14
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