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J Rappaport

Publications and source records attributed to J Rappaport.

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PubMed1987

Terms of empowerment/exemplars of prevention: toward a theory for community psychology.

In order to develop theory any community of scientists must agree as to what constitutes its phenomena of interest. A distinction is made between phenomena of interest and exemplars. The concept "prevention" is viewed as an exemplar, whereas the concept "empowerment" is suggested as a leading candidate for the title "phenomena of interest" to Community Psychology. The ecological nature of empowerment theory is described, and some of the terms of empowerment (definitions, conditions, and periods of time) are explicated. Eleven assumptions, presuppositions, and hypotheses are offered as guidelines for theory development and empirical study.

Humans↗
PubMed1984

Seeking justice in the real world: a further explication of value contexts.

Following a brief clarification of the value assumptions of community mental health and community psychology, the error of assuming that behaviorism is less value based than other theories of man or strategies for doing science is demonstrated. First epistemological and then historical-sociological arguments are presented to show that the contribution of behavioral community psychology to the explication of values is more a function of its association with community psychology and of its relatively recent emergence as a competitor for ascendence in applied psychology than of its idiosyncratic structural characteristics. Finally, an alternative to the view that survival values should be of prime importance to community psychology is offered.

Community Mental Health Services↗