Research Catalog

Title

Empowering older people : an international approach / edited by Daniel Thursz, Charlotte Nusberg, and Johnnie Prather.

Publication

London : Cassell, 1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Thursz, Daniel
• Nusberg, Charlotte
• Prather, Johnnie
• International Federation on Ageing

Description

xiv, 219 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Subject

• Older people > Cross-cultural studies
• Power (Social sciences) > Cross-cultural studies
• Autonomy (Psychology) > Cross-cultural studies
• Old persons

Genre/Form

Cross-cultural studies

Note

• "Published in cooperation with the Interational Federation on Ageing."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

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.

ISBN

0304334650

LCCN

gb^95075438^

OCLC

• 33027065
• SCSB-12407136

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library