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Citizen Empowerment: A Developmental Perspective

Kieffer, Charles H.·1984·Prevention in Human Services
DOI 10.1300/j293v03n02_03
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Since the late 1970s, the notion of empowerment has appeared with increasing frequency in discussion of preventive social and community intervention. While the idea of empowerment is intuitively appealing both for theory and practice, its applicability has been limited by continuing conceptual ambiguity. Based on a small ?G study of emerging citizen leaders in grassroots organizations, this article proposes a view of empowerment as a necessarily long-term process of adult learning and development. In this framework, empowerment is further described as the continuing construction of a multi-dimensional participatory competence. This conception encompasses both cognitive and behavioral change. Implications for practice are also addressed.

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Authors
Kieffer, C. H.
Venue
Prevention in Human Services
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
1984-05-07
Volume
3
Issue
2-3
Pages
9-36
ISSN
0270-3114 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1300/j293v03n02_03
OpenAlex
W4297691839
Cited by
458
References
5
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1.61
Type
journal article
Language
en
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