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Empowerment in difficulty

A critical appraisal of international intervention in child welfare in Romania

School of Social Work and Psychosocial Sciences, Elizabeth Fry Building, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK, j.dickens{at}uea.ac.uk

Victor Groza

Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, 11235 Bellflower Rd, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA

This article examines the successes and shortcomings of international intervention in child welfare in Romania, highlighting the importance of an empowerment approach. Implementing such an approach brings its own challenges, and the authors debate the possibilities and potential pitfalls. They identify key principles and essential personal qualities for putting empowerment into practice in situations of economic, political and social difficulty.

International Social Work, Vol. 47, No. 4, 469-487 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0020872804046254


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