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'''Empowerment''' refers to increasing the [[spiritual]], [[political]], social or [[economic]] strength of [[individuals]] and [[communities]]. It often involves the empowered developing confidence in their own capacities.
'''Empowerment''' refers to increasing the [[spiritual]], [[political]], social or [[economic]] strength of [[individuals]] and [[communities]]. It often involves the empowered developing confidence in their own capacities.
==Definitions==
==Definitions==
The term Human Empowerment covers a vast landscape of meanings, interpretations, definitions and [[disciplines]] ranging from [[psychology]] and [[philosophy]] to the highly commercialized Self-Help industry and Motivational sciences.
The term Human Empowerment covers a vast landscape of meanings, interpretations, definitions and [[disciplines]] ranging from [[psychology]] and [[philosophy]] to the highly commercialized Self-Help industry and Motivational sciences.
<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Empowerment''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Empowerment this link.]</center>
Sociological empowerment often addresses members of [[groups]] that social discrimination have excluded from decision-making processes through - for example - discrimination based on disability, [[race]], ethnicity, [[religion]], or [[gender]]. Empowerment as a [[methodology]] is often associated with feminism.
Sociological empowerment often addresses members of [[groups]] that social discrimination have excluded from decision-making processes through - for example - discrimination based on disability, [[race]], ethnicity, [[religion]], or [[gender]]. Empowerment as a [[methodology]] is often associated with feminism.
==Marginalization and empowerment==
==Marginalization and empowerment==
==References==
==References==
*Thomas, K. W. and Velthouse, B. A. (1990) Cognitive Elements of Empowerment: An 'Interpretive' Model of *Intrinsic Task Motivation. Academy of Management Review, Vol 15, No. 4, 666-681.
*Thomas, K. W. and Velthouse, B. A. (1990) Cognitive Elements of Empowerment: An 'Interpretive' Model of *Intrinsic Task Motivation. Academy of Management Review, Vol 15, No. 4, 666-681.
*Wilkinson, A. 1998. Empowerment: theory and practice. Personnel Review. [online]. Vol. 27, No. 1, 40-56. Available from: Emerald on the World Wide Web: http://hermia.emeraldinsight.com/vl=2601464/cl=84/nw=1/fm=docpdf/rpsv/cw/mcb/00483486/v27n1/s3/p40. Accessed February 16, 2004.
*Wilkinson, A. 1998. Empowerment: theory and practice. Personnel Review. [online]. Vol. 27, No. 1, 40-56. Available from: Emerald on the World Wide Web: https://hermia.emeraldinsight.com/vl=2601464/cl=84/nw=1/fm=docpdf/rpsv/cw/mcb/00483486/v27n1/s3/p40. Accessed February 16, 2004.
[[Category: General Reference]]
[[Category: General Reference]]