Gender, Rhetoric, and Power: Toward a Model of Reciprocal Empowerment

Darlington, Patricia S.E.; Mulvaney, Becky Michele

doi:10.1080/07491409.2002.10162444

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“…Both the individual and collective empowerment as described above may indicate the traditional top-down approach to empowerment, rather than the circular reciprocal empowerment. The top-down empowerment is linear power -over exchanges [54] whereas the ones with power empowering the ones without; while reciprocal empowerment is circular and it is not only empowering others but also oneself: a mutual empowerment rather than one-sided [54,55].…”

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Youth Empowerment for Sustainable Development: Exploring Ecosocial Work Discourses

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Youth empowerment within the context of sustainable development (SD) is starting to gain more attention within social work, both internationally and in Sweden. SD, as an integrated set of global goals in tackling social, economic, and ecological challenges, is a vital concept in social work. Protecting people and the natural environment can be considered the fullest realization of the person-in-environment, a foundation upon which the social work profession is built. The ecosocial perspective is widely discussed in terms of societal transformation in harmony with nature. Within this context, this article explores ecosocial work discourses in youth empowerment. Data were gathered through 20 qualitative semi-structured interviews with key representatives of youth organizations from Gävle municipality, Sweden, and analyzed using ATLAS.ti v.9.0. The main findings are discussed within the framework of ecosocial work, youth empowerment, and a Foucauldian perspective on discourse, power, and knowledge. The results indicate the need for an ecosocial youth empowerment, calling for increased knowledge of both youth empowerment through SD and ecosocial work for those working with/for youth connected to social work practice. The results highlight the importance of an ecosocial youth empowerment on a more structural and collective level.

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Youth Empowerment for Sustainable Development: Exploring Ecosocial Work Discourses

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“…In a similar vein, Kim (2022) examines the potential mutual benefits of the direct interaction of civil society organisations in conflict-affected societies. Using the framework of ‘reciprocal empowerment’ (Darlington and Mulvaney, 2003), he argues that relationship building between civil society activists in ‘comparable’ divided societies can build solidarity, enhance capacity and sustain their contribution to political processes. Such horizontal and transnational connections can empower civil society in contexts in which they are often marginal to top-down peace efforts.…”

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‘You Realise We’re Not the Only Ones Stuck Living Like This’: Comparative Learning, International Partnerships and Civil Society Peace Education in Conflict-Affected Societies

Kim

Mitchell

2023

Alternatives: Global, Local, Political

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One of the capacities of civil society in peace processes is the promotion of peace-oriented attitudes among citizens through peace education. This article investigates how civil society peace education may be enhanced through collaboration with counterparts in another conflict arena. The article begins by discussing the potential and pitfalls of the comparison of peace/conflict contexts. The empirical findings are based on interviews and focus groups with peace educators in Northern Ireland and South Korea who have engaged in dialogue and partnerships with each other, and they indicate perceived benefits and impact of both the comparative learning to the personnel and the partnership to the organisations. The discussion sets out an ideal model of the peace educative impacts of comparative learning and encounter. Overall, the findings show how local-to-local engagements between peace processes can support the civil society contribution to peacebuilding.

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“…These interpretations were about establishing helping systems that empower those who cannot empower themselves. Furthermore, researchers in women's studies emphasised the relational aspect of empowerment, which is based on such notions as benevolence, compassion, companionship, cooperation, and consensus (Goodrich, 1991a(Goodrich, , 1991bMiller, 1976;Darlington and Mulvaney, 2002). Accordingly, empowerment was defined as a process of "using one's power to empower anotherincreasing the other's resources, capabilities, effectiveness, and ability to act" [Goodrich, (1991a), p.38].…”

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Towards a theory of integrated empowerment: a service ecosystems agenda for future

Mandlik¹,

Kadirov²

2020

IJQRS

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This paper broadens the current understanding of the empowerment phenomenon within the service ecosystems framework. We reviewed and critically analysed extant literature on empowerment theory and noted that the micro-level conceptualisation of empowerment heavily relies on forms of power grab/power share/power transfer to achieve outcomes of power symmetry, also called the state of empowerment. We go beyond current understanding of empowerment as a micro-level (enabling) phenomenon, proposing and arguing for a macro-level conceptualisation, coined integrated empowerment, in which each entity/participant within a given ecosystem is imparted with the required autonomy (power) to participate in a way that enhances overall health of the service ecosystem. Integrated empowerment creates/constructs episodes of service provisioning, and service provisioning is only possible because of integrated empowerment. This paper prompts future research exploring the concept of integrated empowerment and contributes to current understanding of the empowerment phenomenon and its integral role in service provisioning.

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Gender, Rhetoric, and Power: Toward a Model of Reciprocal Empowerment

Cited by 23 publications

References 18 publications

Youth Empowerment for Sustainable Development: Exploring Ecosocial Work Discourses

Youth Empowerment for Sustainable Development: Exploring Ecosocial Work Discourses

‘You Realise We’re Not the Only Ones Stuck Living Like This’: Comparative Learning, International Partnerships and Civil Society Peace Education in Conflict-Affected Societies

Towards a theory of integrated empowerment: a service ecosystems agenda for future

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