Theorizing empowerment in the UK public services

Abstract

Explores the concept of empowerment and raises questions about the reason for its rise to dominance as a current discourse in the UK public services. Notes that empowerment may be a motivational but also a manipulative concept which can be used by the “New Right” as a means of introducing market values into the public services and to attack the welfare state. Questions whether empowerment can be reclaimed to support oppressed groups.

Citation

Morley, L. (1995), "Theorizing empowerment in the UK public services", Empowerment in Organizations, Vol. 3 No. 3, pp. 35-41. https://doi.org/10.1108/09684899510094963