Good Intentions Overruled: A Critique of Empowerment in the Routine Organization of Mental Health Services

by Elizabeth Townsend

Good Intentions OverRuled is about empowerment; so it is also about power. This book shows how power is exerted in the routine organizational processes that determine what can be done in everyday life, since modern societies are controlled by regulations, policies, professional practice, legislation, budgets, and other forms of organization.

Against the backdrop of an ideal vision of empowerment, this critique highlights both the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802078028
• ISBN13: 9780802078025
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"