Empowering older people : an international approach /
Contributor(s): Thursz, Daniel
| Nusberg, Charlotte
| Prather, Johnnie
| International Federation on Ageing.
Publisher: London : Cassell, 1995Description: xiv, 219 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0304334650; 9780304334650:.Subject(s): Aged -- Cross-cultural studies | Older people -- Cross-cultural studies | Power (Social sciences) -- Cross-cultural studies | Autonomy (Psychology) -- Cross-cultural studies | Autonomy (Psychology) in old age -- Cross-cultural studies | Old personsDDC classification: 362.6 Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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"Published in cooperation with the Interational Federation on Ageing."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An aging perspective on empowerment / Ken Tout -- Empowerment: as illustrated by a Bear, Napoleon, and others / Brigid Donelan -- A second opinion / James T. Sykes -- Seniors' organizations and seniors' empowerment: an international perspective / Henry J. Pratt -- Empowering older persons through organizations: a case study / Heather McKenzie -- Tradition impedes organizational empowerment in Japan / Takako Sodei -- Establishing a seniors' organization in Denmark / Bjarne Hastrup -- Hearts and minds: elder empowerment and cultural revolution / Julia Tavares de Alvarez -- The psychological basis for empowerment / Jane Myers -- Empowering older Mexicans through study and action / Celia Ruiz -- Older persons: issues concerning their empowerment and participation in development / Mukunda Rao -- The aged and development: mutual beneficiaries / Sandeep Chawla and Marvin A. Kaiser -- Older persons in Pakistan: their major problems and empowerment strategy / S.M. Zaki -- Research as a tool for empowerment / Valerie Moeller -- Conclusion of the working group on the empowerment of older persons / Sally Greengross.
Edited by: Daniel Thursz, Charlotte Nusberg and Johnnie Prather.